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Election Result 2024 Highlights: The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has retained power in Maharashtra. The alliance won 230 of the state's 288 assembly seats.

Election Result 2024 Highlights: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has won Maharashtra against the INDIA bloc as the saffron party logged its best-ever electoral performance in the state. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is on course to retain power in Maharashtra. The alliance has so far won 235 seats of the 288 assembly seats, as per the latest figures of the counting process in the November 20 elections. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has suffered a crushing defeat, with its candidates winning just 46 seats....Read More
In Jharkhand, Hemant Soren's JMM-led alliance retained Jharkhand as it won 56 seats in the 81-member state assembly. The BJP and its allies have won 24 seats and are leading in one seat.
While the NDA, which is fighting as a team in both states, appears prepared to retain Maharashtra after it took a comfortable lead in the western state. The INDIA bloc has crossed the halfway mark in Jharkhand and is likely to win the state.
Maharashtra elections: The Mahayuti vs Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) battle
- In Maharashtra, the primary contest was between the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, which comprises Shiv Sena and NCP (Ajit Pawar), and the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SCP).
- Most exit polls and political pundits predicted a comfortable majority for the Mahayuti alliance. However, the projection also indicated that Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) would put up a strong show in the results but is highly unlikely to cross the majority mark.
- According to Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde, leaders of Mahayuti will sit together and decide who will be the Chief Minister of Maharashtra if they secure a majority in the election result.
- The Maharashtra assembly election results 2024 will play a significant role in shaping the political landscape of the Western state as it is the first assembly poll in the state following the splits in key parties - Shiv Sena and NCP.
- The Maharashtra assembly elections were also marred by the cash-for-votes allegation against BJP leader Vinod Tawde. Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray termed it as 'note jihad.'
Jharkhand Assembly Election: JMM and team emerges on top
- In Jharkhand, the main battle was between the ruling JMM-led alliance, which is banking on its work and promises, and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which is hopeful of getting people's support on its promises and work of the central government.
- The BJP-led alliance in Jharkhand includes the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), Janata Dal (United), and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas. In contrast,e the JMM-led alliance consists of the Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).
- Exit polls have been split in their predictions indicating chances of a hung assembly in Jharkhand with many of them suggesting that BJP-led NDA has an edge over JMM and team.
- Jharkhand went to polls in two phases - November 13 and November 20 - for 81 assembly seats.
- Jharkhand witnessed 67.74 % voter turnout in the two phases of the elections. The voter turnout in the second and final phase stood at 68.95%.
Bypolls result: BJP fights for prestige in Uttar Pradesh
The counting of votes for the by-polls to 46 Assembly seats in 13 states and in the Lok Sabha segments of Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala, a crucial electoral exercise since the parliamentary polls in April-May, also began at 8 am.
This result marks a pivotal point for the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, which is fighting for its prestige after the disappointing show in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Election Results Live: Jharkhand Congress chief hails INDIA bloc's lead
Election Results 2024 Live: Jharkhand Congress chief Keshav Mahto Kamlesh hailed early trends and said the work done by them in the last 5 years helped the INDIA bloc secure a comfortable lead in the state.
Our alliance's achievements of 5 years - we did better than other states during the Corona period, migrants were brought back and provided all facilities here. People of other states also appreciated Jharkhand. They were here just for jumlebaazi," he said.
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“It is 'Parivar Development Agency'. Their reality has come before the people. The lies and deceit they propagated in Lok Sabha won't work now. Samajwadi Party is going to become Samaptwadi Party. They do politics in the name of PDA. But the murderer of a Dalit daughter sits with them. This is unfortunate. So, these 2024 Vidhan Sabha by-elections are the indication of the end of a party like SP,” he added.
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He said that such results are being imposed because this cannot be the decision of the people of Maharashtra.
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Election Results 2024 LIVE: ‘It’s a hat-trick,' Gaurav Bhatia hails NDA's lead in Maharashtra
Election Results LIVE: BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia on emerging Maharashtra numbers said that the BJP-led NDA is forming a government in Maharashtra.
“BJP-NDA-Mahayuti is going to make a hat-trick. We are winning Maharashtra as well as Jharkhand. We are winning in Uttar Pradesh too (Assembly by-elections). This clearly shows how people are giving their blessings. It won't be wrong to say - Hum Toh Ek Hain Aur Safe Hain,” he said.
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Election Results 2024 LIVE: What's the status of key leaders in Maharashtra? Check
Election Results LIVE: Key leading candidates:
- Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) - Nagpur South West
- Ajit Pawar (NCP) - Baramati
- Nana Patole (Congress) - Sakoli
- Aaditya Thackeray (Shiv Sena-UBT) - Worli
- Ajay Choudhari (Shiv Sena-UBT) - Shivadi
- Shaina NC (Shiv Sena) - Mumbadevi
Key trailing candidates:
- Milind Deora (Shiv Sena) - Worli
- Balasaheb Thorat (Congress) - Sangamner
- Nawab Malik (NCP-Ajit Pawar) - Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar
- Zeeshan Siddique (NCP-Ajit Pawar) - Bandra East
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In the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly, 145 is the majority mark.
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The JMM is leading in 39 seats while the BJP is ahead in 28 seats, early trends suggested.

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