Maharashtra Exit Poll 2024 highlights: Close battle between Shinde, Uddhav alliances

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday thanked voters for their active participation in the Lok Sabha elections.

“A heartfelt thank you to all those who exercised their franchise. Their active participation is the cornerstone of our democracy. Their commitment and dedication ensures that the democratic spirit thrives in our nation. I would also like to specially appreciate India’s Nari Shakti and Yuva Shakti. Their strong presence at the polls is a very encouraging sign,” he wrote on X.

Maharashtra Exit Poll 2024 Live: Maharashtra is poised for a neck-and-neck contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections as ABP-CVoter exit poll results 2024 predicted between 22 and 26 seats. Read more here

Today's Chanakya - NDA: 33, INDIA: 15

News18 - NDA: 32, INDIA: 15-18

ABP C-voter - NDA: 22-26, INDIA: 23-25

Republic PMARQ: NDA: 29, INDIA: 19

Republic Bharat-Matrize - NDA: 30-36, INDIA: 13-19

Today's Chanakya has predicted 33 seats for the NDA alliance in Maharashtra and 15 seats for INDIA alliance.

Maharashtra Exit Poll 2024 Live: According to an exit poll survey by News18, the NDA alliance is projected to get 32 to 25 seats, while the INDIA alliance is likely to get 15 to 18 seats.

According to ABP C-voter exit poll survey, NDA is projected to win 22 to 26 seats out of the total 48 seats, while the INDIA alliance is likely to get 23 to 25 seats.

The Republic PMARQ exit polls predict that the NDA alliance in Maharashtra (Eknath Shinde faction) will win 29 seats, while the Uddhav camp, consisting of INDIA alliance members, is projected to win 19 out of the total 48 seats.

The Republic Bharat-Matrize exit polls has predicted that the NDA alliance in Maharashtra (Eknath Shinde faction) will win 30 to 36 seats, while the Uddhav camp consisting of the INDIA alliance members are projected to win 13 to 19 out of the total 48 seats.

Union minister Piyush Goyal is contesting the Lok Sabha election from the Mumbai North seat on a BJP ticket. Notably, he has never contested Lok Sabha or state assembly elections in his three-decade political career. However, he has been in the thick of politics since his teenage years when he campaigned for his mother, the late Chandrakanta Goyal, for the Maharashtra Assembly election. Meanwhile, his father, Ved Prakash Goyal, was an old-time RSS worker who worked closely with Balasaheb Deoras, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and L K Advani.

In the 2019 general elections, the BJP won 23 Lok Sabha seats in the state, its alliance partner Shiv Sena (which was then undivided) won 18 seats, NCP (undivided) won four, and Congress and AIMIM each won a seat. An independent candidate won one seat.

Maharashtra's Thane constituency is witnessing a major political between Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Rajan Baburao Vichare and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) candidate Naresh Mhaske.

India Today-Axis My India

ABP – C-voter

News24-Today’s Chanakya

Republic TV- PMARQ-Matrize

Times Now – Bulls Eye

NDTV India – Jan Ki Baat

TV9 Bharatavarsh – Polstart

The key constituencies from Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha election include Nagpur, Mumbai South, Mumbai North, Thane, Beed.

An exit poll is a post-election survey and is similar to an opinion poll, which is a pre-election survey. In an exit poll, electors are asked who they voted for, after exiting the polling station. In the latter exercise, on the other hand, people are asked who they intend to vote for.

In the recently-concluded polls in Maharashtra's Mumbai, not a single Lok Sabha seat crossed the 60 per cent voter turnout mark. According to the Election Commission data, the highest turnout in Mumbai was recorded in Mumbai North at 57.02 per cent.

The exit polls will begin at 6:30 pm, shortly after the last phase of polling concludes. The most prominent exit polls in India are usually conducted by Chanakya, CVoter, and MyAxis India, among others, and shown on TV channels including ABP Network, Times Now, India Today, Aaj Tak, Zee News, TV9 Bharatvarsh and others.

The exit poll results will be out today by 6:30 pm - which will give an early indication of the likely outcomes of the Lok Sabha election. The main fight in the southern state is between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

The Lok Sabha election is being conducted across 48 constituencies in Maharashtra - the second-highest after Uttar Pradesh. Voting in the state was held in five phases - April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20.