Sharad Pawar's faction was leading in only 14 out of the 86 constituencies it contested, and of the 43 constituencies where it directly faced Ajit Pawar's camp, the latter led in 29
Fahad Ahmed, representing the Sharad Pawar-led NCP faction from Anushakti Nagar Assembly constituency in Mumbai, is trailing behind Sana Malik, the candidate from Ajit Pawar's NCP faction
At 9 am, counting trends showed the Mahayuti-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leading on more than 229 of the 288 seats. Meanwhile, the Opposition was ahead on 59 seats
Maharashtra election results: As of 2 pm, the Mahayuti alliance had taken a significant lead with 225 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was leading on only 55 seats
Parties like the Samajwadi Party and All India Majlis e Ittehadul Muslimeen were in a slightly better position
Meanwhile, Sarita Fadnavis, mother of Devendra Fadnavis, expressed happiness over Mahayuti's performance
The senior BJP leader expressed gratitude to voluntary organisations that work tirelessly during polls to raise voter awareness
Aditya Thackeray election result: Aaditya, the incumbent MLA from Worli, secured over 69 per cent of the vote in the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, defeating NCP's Suresh Mane
Shinde clarified that the Mahayuti does not have a definitive formula that the party winning the most seats will get the chief minister post
Bal Thackeray-founded Shiv Sena split in June 2022 after Eknath Shinde rebelled against then CM Uddhav Thackeray and brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi government
At 1 pm, the trends showed that the NDA was leading on 224 seats out of the total 288 in Maharashtra, while the INDIA bloc was ahead on 51 of the 81 seat Jharkhand Assembly
Mumbai homebuyers await the new Maharashtra government's reforms on taxes, affordable housing, and infrastructure
Maharashtra Assembly elections results: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance leads in polls, with MVA trailing. Opposition leaders, including Sanjay Raut, question the legitimacy of early trends and results
This comes after the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra crossed the crucial majority mark
Maharashtra Assembly elections: Mahayuti coalition leads in 219 seats, while Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leads in 55 seats and others in 14
Even after a significant loss in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Fadnavis played a pivotal role in shaping the seat-sharing arrangement between the BJP and Shinde's faction
Maharashtra Assembly results: Eknath Shinde, the sitting MLA and leader of his Shiv Sena faction, faces stiff competition from Kedar Dighe of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Independent candidate Manoj Shinde
Maha Assembly poll results: BJP suffers blow ahead of Maharashtra poll results as Mumbai leader Sachin Shinde defects to Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT); Thackeray slams BJP over scams, cash row
According to the 11 am trends, the INDIA alliance was leading in 51 seats, with the Opposition alliance NDA ahead in 28 seats
Mankhurd seat, Maharashtra election results: Abu Azmi leads Nawab Malik by 9,425 votes in the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar seat, turning the Maharashtra assembly election into a high-stakes battle