Counting of votes for bypolls to the Baramati and Rahuri assembly seats in Maharashtra got underway on Monday morning.
A voter turnout of 58.27 per cent was recorded in the Baramati assembly constituency, where Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar is contesting, while Rahuri registered a 56.20 per cent turnout, as per election officials.
The counting of votes began at 8 am in both the assembly segments.
The Baramati seat in Pune district fell vacant following the death of then Deputy CM and Nationalist Congress Party president Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28, necessitating the bypoll.
His wife Sunetra Pawar, who is contesting her first assembly election, is among the 23 candidates in the fray. She had appealed to voters during the campaign to support her as a tribute to her late husband.
No major political party fielded a candidate against her, and she is expected to secure a comfortable victory given her family's hold over the constituency.
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Sunetra Pawar secured 26,773 votes by the end of the third round of counting, while 21 of the other 22 little-known candidates have not been able to cross the 100-vote mark so far

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As the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is poised to secure a sweeping victory in Maharashtra elections, the big question now is: Who will be the new CM? Will it be Devendra Fadnavis or Eknath Shinde? Watch the video to find out.

Maharashtra's Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis commended the performance of the ruling Mahayuti attributing the success to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and specifically to Modi's campaign catchphrase "ek hai toh safe hai". The phrase "ek hai toh safe hai" was consistently featured in Modi's campaign speeches. 

In the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is leading in 221 of the 288 Assembly seats, according to the latest Election Commission data. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is trailing, with its candidates ahead in only 47 seats, as shown by early trends. As the counting of votes began on Saturday morning, Sanjay Raut, a prominent leader from Shiv Sena (UBT), raised concerns over the emerging trends in Maharashtra’s election results. Watch the video to know what Raut said.

The Mahayuti alliance - consisting of the BJP and the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party factions led by Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar - was ahead in 218 of the state's 288 seats by 11 am, and the Maha Vikas Aghadi - consisting of the Congress and the Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP groups led by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar - is ahead in just 59.

On October 16, the Election Commission of India announced the assembly election schedule for Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Watch the video for the key dates and major alliances.

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