Election Results 2024: BJP-led Mahayuti sweeps Maharashtra, INDIA bloc retains Jharkhand

The Bharatiya Janata Party was poised to win around 130 seats in Maharashtra while its allies, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP, were on on course to win around 96 seats together. The incumbent Mahayuti, expected to win around 225 seats, was headed to a commanding majority in the 288-member assmebly.

The trends suggest that Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-NCP (Sharad Pawar) alliance could be restricted to a meager 47 seats.

“I thank everybody for this victory. We have such a big victory because of the work Mahayuti did. Very grateful,” Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde told reporters.

However, the Shiv Sena (UBT) alleged foul play. Party leader Sanjay Raut said, "I see a big conspiracy in this...This is not a mandate of Marathi 'manoos' and farmers. We do not accept this as people's mandate.”

The INDIA bloc found cause for celebration in Jharkhand, where voters favoured continuity. The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was leading in 34 of the 81 assembly seats, followed by the Congress with 16, and other allies including the RJD and CPI-ML gaining ground. The rival BJP is expected to win around 21 seats.

"We are going to get the reward for the work we did... and also for the manner in which we remained connected to the public. What can be seen in trends, we can say that we are going to form the govt again and the fulfil the promises we made," Congress leader Rajesh Thakur told PTI.

The BJP has emerged as the single largest party as the saffron party is leading in 124 seats, while its ally Shiv Sena is leading in 56 seats. Congress is likely to end up as the fourth largest party, behind all the three constituents of Mahayuti.

Priyanka Chaturvedi says, "The results have come as a surprise. The way our lead of 151 seats in Lok Sabha was reduced to this in the Assembly elections, a question arises how did such a difference come? All the surveys showed a close contest or Maha Vikas Aghadi was given an edge...I went to so many places in Maharashtra where people told me that they would vote for us but we should pay attention to EVMs. For me, mentally it is quite unacceptable and this type of result raises the question of whether this was truly a free and fair election?..."

"Voters in Maharashtra have ensured a big victory for Mahayuti. Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, Ramdas Athawale contested the election very well under the leadership of PM Modi. People trusted Mahayuti as Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar ensured that they provide people good infrastructure - Vande Bharat trains, Metro trains, roads and welfare schemes such as 'Ladli Bahana', 'Kisan Samman'. The voters of Balasaheb Thackeray did not like the way Sharad Pawar broke the alliance between BJP and Shiv Sena in 2019," says BJP leader Vinod Tawde.

INDIA bloc is leading in 50 assembly seats in Jharkhand while the BJP is leading in 27 seats.

Maharashtra CM & Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde says, "Let the final results come in...Then, in the same way as we fought elections together, all three parties will sit together and take a decision (on who will be the CM)."

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla hit back at Raut for claiming conspiracy in election results, saying he's suffering from mental bankruptcy and no one takes him seriously in Maharashtra.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut alleged that there was a "big conspiracy" and something was "fishy" in the Maharashtra assembly poll results as Mahayuti headed for a massive victory.

Former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren, now a BJP leader, is leading in Seraikella by 18,311 votes against Ganesh Mahali of JMM.

Shiv Sena candidate Milind Deora is leading against Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Aditya Thackeray in Worli by nearly 600 votes.

BJP-led Mahayuti is leading in 220 seats while the MVA comprising Congress, NCP(SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading just 57 consitutencies out of 288.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray is leading against Shiv Sena's Milind Deora by less than 400 votes after three rounds of counting.

Maharashtra deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is leading from Nagpur South West by over 7,600 votes after four rounds of counting.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is leading from Wayanad by over one lakh votes.

The JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand is leading in 37 seats while BJP-led NDA is leading in 23 seats, according to EC data.

The BJP-led Mahayuti, leading in 171 seats, has crossed the halfway mark in Maharashtra in initial trends, according to Election Commission, looking poised to form the next government.

Akkalkuwa (1): Adv K.C. Padavi; Margin: 5 votes; Total Votes: 2206

Shahada (2): Rajendrakumar Krishnarao Gavit; Margin: 256 votes; Total Votes: 5014

Nawapur (4): Shirishkumar Surupsing Naik; Margin: 1760 votes; Total Votes: 8802

Sakri (5): Pravin (Gotu) Bapu Chaure; Margin: 686 votes; Total Votes: 3457

Raver (11): Chaudhari Dhananjay Shirish; Margin: 6481 votes; Total Votes: 14,523

Umred (51): Sanjay Narayanrao Meshram; Margin: 893 votes; Total Votes: 7977

Sakoli (62): Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole; Margin: 344 votes; Total Votes: 2886

Chandrapur (71): Pravin Nanaji Padwekar; Margin: 113 votes; Total Votes: 3618

Ralegaon (77): Vasant Chindhuji Purke; Margin: 141 votes; Total Votes: 3687

Digras (79): Thakare Manikrao Govindrao; Margin: 631 votes; Total Votes: 4697

Mira Bhayandar (145): Muzaffar Hussain; Margin: 3173 votes; Total Votes: 6770

Andheri West (165): Ashok Bhau Jadhav; Margin: 570 votes; Total Votes: 3852

Dharavi (178): Dr. Gaikwad Jyoti Eknath; Margin: 3435 votes; Total Votes: 11,193

Kasba Peth (215): Dhangekar Ravindra Hemraj; Margin: 580 votes; Total Votes: 5224

Palus - Kadegaon (285): Kadam Vishwajit Patangrao; Margin: 46 votes; Total Votes: 11,975

Jalgaon Rural (14): Gulabrao Raghunath Patil; Margin: 5749 votes; Total Votes: 11345

Pachora (18): Kishor Appa Patil; Margin: 3068 votes; Total Votes: 4985

Buldhana (22): Gaikwad Sanjay Rambhau; Margin: 2618 votes; Total Votes: 19009

Mehkar (25): Sanjay Bhaskar Raymulkar; Margin: 597 votes; Total Votes: 4003

Risod (33): Bhavana Pundlikrao Gawali; Margin: 484 votes; Total Votes: 2459

Ramtek (59): Ashish Nandkishore Jaiswal (Vakil); Margin: 858 votes; Total Votes: 5359

Parbhani (96): Anand Sheshrao Bharose; Margin: 629 votes; Total Votes: 5779

Kannad (105): Ranjanatai (Sanjana) Harshvardhan Jadhav; Margin: 356 votes; Total Votes: 2435

Aurangabad Central (107): Jaiswal Pradeep Shivnarayan; Margin: 35 votes; Total Votes: 3921

Aurangabad West (108): Sanjay Pandurang Shirsat; Margin: 2563 votes; Total Votes: 10802

Paithan (110): Bhumre Vilas Sandipanrao; Margin: 1396 votes; Total Votes: 4474

Vaijapur (112): Bornare (Sir) Ramesh Nanasaheb; Margin: 4123 votes; Total Votes: 10080

Malegaon Outer (115): Dadaji Dagdu Bhuse; Margin: 8713 votes; Total Votes: 12664

Boisar (131): Vilas Sukur Tare; Margin: 1908 votes; Total Votes: 4301

Bhiwandi Rural (134): Shantaram Tukaram More; Margin: 12582 votes; Total Votes: 25228

Bhiwandi East (137): Santosh Manjayya Shetty; Margin: 3850 votes; Total Votes: 5893

Ambarnath (140): Dr. Balaji Pralhad Kinikar; Margin: 1748 votes; Total Votes: 4219

Kalyan Rural (144): Rajesh Govardhan More; Margin: 2929 votes; Total Votes: 5573

Kopri - Pachpakhadi (147): Eknath Sambhaji Shinde; Margin: 4053 votes; Total Votes: 5477

Andheri East (166): Murji Patel (Kaka); Margin: 499 votes; Total Votes: 3981

Kurla (174): Kudalkar Mangesh; Margin: 2360 votes; Total Votes: 4795

Mahad (194): Gogawale Bharat Maruti; Margin: 2548 votes; Total Votes: 12401

Purandar (202): Vijaybapu Shivtare; Margin: 3718 votes; Total Votes: 9251

Shrirampur (220): Bhausaheb Malhari Kamble; Margin: 2420 votes; Total Votes: 7138

Nevasa (221): Vitthal Vakilrao Langhe; Margin: 567 votes; Total Votes: 4887

Paranda (243): Prof. Dr. Tanaji Jayawant Sawant; Margin: 332 votes; Total Votes: 3637

Patan (261): Desai Shambhuraj Shivajirao; Margin: 422 votes; Total Votes: 2722

Dapoli (263): Kadam Yogeshdada Ramdas; Margin: 2659 votes; Total Votes: 14180

Sawantwadi (270): Deepak Vasantrao Kesarkar; Margin: 2078 votes; Total Votes: 3675

Radhanagari (272): Abitkar Prakash Anandrao; Margin: 1676 votes; Total Votes: 3925

Karvir (275): Chandradeep Shashikant Narake; Margin: 2609 votes; Total Votes: 5269

Khanapur (286): Babar Suhas Anilbhau; Margin: 7270 votes; Total Votes: 10360

Nandurbar (3): Dr. Vijaykumar Krushanrao Gavit; Margin: 2712 votes; Total Votes: 5548

Shirpur (9): Kashiram Vechan Pawara; Margin: 4129 votes; Total Votes: 6828

Bhusawal (12): Savkare Sanjay Waman; Margin: 3721 votes; Total Votes: 5478

Chalisgaon (17): Mangesh Ramesh Chavan; Margin: 2854 votes; Total Votes: 5838

Jamner (19): Girish Dattatray Mahajan; Margin: 1394 votes; Total Votes: 5066

Chikhli (23): Shweta Vidyadhar Mahale; Margin: 808 votes; Total Votes: 4670

Khamgaon (26): Akash Pandurang Fundkar; Margin: 3550 votes; Total Votes: 9749

Akot (28): Prakash Gunwant Bharsakle; Margin: 516 votes; Total Votes: 3117

Akola East (31): Randhir Pralhadrao Sawarkar; Margin: 1510 votes; Total Votes: 7154

Melghat (41): Kewalram Tulsiram Kale; Margin: 556 votes; Total Votes: 3463

Achalpur (42): Pravin Vasantrao Tayade; Margin: 4131 votes; Total Votes: 9139

Hinganghat (46): Samir Tryambakrao Kunawar; Margin: 2303 votes; Total Votes: 5051

Wardha (47): Dr. Pankaj Rajesh Bhoyar; Margin: 51 votes; Total Votes: 3402

Nagpur South West (52): Devendra Gangadhar Fadnavis; Margin: 2246 votes; Total Votes: 4713

Armori (67): Krushna Damaji Gajbe; Margin: 1476 votes; Total Votes: 9756

Ballarpur (72): Mungantivar Sudhir Sacchidanand; Margin: 1205 votes; Total Votes: 4575

Arni (80): Raju Narayan Todsam; Margin: 567 votes; Total Votes: 4759

Badnapur (102): Kuche Narayan Tilakchand; Margin: 3663 votes; Total Votes: 6733

Chandvad (118): Dr. Aher Rahul Daulatrao; Margin: 3470 votes; Total Votes: 7006

Dahanu (128): Medha Vinod Suresh; Margin: 2075 votes; Total Votes: 5845

Bhiwandi West (136): Choughule Mahesh Prabhakar; Margin: 3396 votes; Total Votes: 4764

Murbad (139): Kisan Shankar Kathore; Margin: 3701 votes; Total Votes: 8205

Kalyan East (142): Sulbha Ganpat Gaikwad; Margin: 764 votes; Total Votes: 3477

Dombivli (143): Chavan Ravindra Dattatray; Margin: 2800 votes; Total Votes: 5922

Borivali (152): Sanjay Upadhyay; Margin: 8205 votes; Total Votes: 11648

Kandivali East (160): Atul Bhatkhalkar; Margin: 4462 votes; Total Votes: 5652

Charkop (161): Yogesh Sagar; Margin: 3554 votes; Total Votes: 4795

Vile Parle (167): Alavani Parag; Margin: 1212 votes; Total Votes: 3364

Ghatkopar East (170): Parag Shah; Margin: 3839 votes; Total Votes: 8365

Wadala (180): Kalidas Nilkanth Kolambkar; Margin: 14984 votes; Total Votes: 22094

Pen (191): Ravisheth Patil; Margin: 5860 votes; Total Votes: 9542

Daund (199): Kul Rahul Subhashrao; Margin: 4748 votes; Total Votes: 8371

Shivajinagar (209): Siddharth Anil Shirole; Margin: 1558 votes; Total Votes: 4144

Parvati (212): Madhuri Satish Misal; Margin: 1763 votes; Total Votes: 5081

Pune Cantonment (214): Kamble Sunil Dyandev; Margin: 48 votes; Total Votes: 3278

Shirdi (218): Patil Vikhe Radhakrushna Eknathrao; Margin: 4591 votes; Total Votes: 13345

Ashti (231): Dhas Suresh Ramchandra; Margin: 1879 votes; Total Votes: 4240

Kaij (232): Namita Akshay Mundada; Margin: 1604 votes; Total Votes: 10306

Nilanga (238): Nilangekar Sambhaji Diliprao Patil; Margin: 2663 votes; Total Votes: 9438

Tuljapur (241): Ranajagjitsinha Padmasinha Patil; Margin: 793 votes; Total Votes: 4157

Akkalkot (250): Kalyanshetti Sachin Panchappa; Margin: 2996 votes; Total Votes: 7269

Man (258): Jaykumar Bhagavanrao Gore; Margin: 3306 votes; Total Votes: 6880

Karad North (259): Manoj Bhimrao Ghorpade; Margin: 2884 votes; Total Votes: 5927

Karad South (260): Dr. Atulbaba Suresh Bhosale; Margin: 1590 votes; Total Votes: 8461

Satara (262): Shivendrarae Abhaysinhraje Bhonsle; Margin: 12731 votes; Total Votes: 16432

Kankavli (268): Nitesh Narayan Rane; Margin: 5889 votes; Total Votes: 12680

Kolhapur South (274): Amal Mahadevrao Mahadik; Margin: 747 votes; Total Votes: 5203

Ichalkaranji (279): Rahul Prakash Awade; Margin: 3691 votes; Total Votes: 7262

Miraj (281): Dr. Suresh (Bhau) Dagadu Khade; Margin: 4683 votes; Total Votes: 9560

Jat (288): Gopichand Kundlik Padalkar; Margin: 828 votes; Total Votes: 4977

NCP (SP) candidate Fahad Ahmad is leading in Anushakti Nagar by 804 votes. Fahad Ahmad is husband of actor Swara Bhasker.

NCP candidates Sulbha Khodke, Narahari Zirwal, Daulat Daroda, and Aditi Tatkare are leading from Amravati, Dindori, Shahapur, and Shrivardhan assembly constituencies, respectively.

NCP candidates Shivaji Kokate, Suni Shelke, Sunil Tingre and Sachil Patil are leading in Sinnar, Maval, Vadgaon Sheri, and Phaltan, respectively.

NCP (SP) candidates Jayant Patil and Pruthviraj Sathe are leading in Islampur and Kaij assembly seats, according to the Election Commission of India.

Shiv Sena candidate Shantaram More is leading against Ghatal Ambo of Sena (UBT) by 2,851 votes.

Shiv Sena candidate Sanjay Gaikwad is leading in Buldhana by 309 votes against nearest rival, Jayshree Shelke of Shiv Sena (UBT).

NCP candidate Zeeshan Siddique, son of former minister Baba Siddique, is trailing from Bandra East, reports News24.

The MVA is now leading in 38 assembly constituencies in early trends from 100 seats in Maharashtra, according to India Today.

Aditya Thackeray of Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading in Worli against NCP's Milind Deora, according to News24.

Mahayuti is leading on 38 seats while the MVA is leading in seven seats, according to India Today. In Jharkhand, NDA is leading on 16 seats as against INDIA bloc's six.

BJP-led Mahayuti is leading in five seats in Maharashtra while the MVA is leading on one, according to India Today. In Jharkhand, NDA is leading on six seats while the INDIA bloc is leading in three. The early leads are from the counting of postal ballots.

The Jharkhand assembly elections have put several key constituencies in the spotlight.

In Barhait, all eyes are on Chief Minister Hemant Soren, who is seeking re-election. Soren, who won the seat decisively in 2019, is now up against BJP’s Gamaliyan Hembrom.

In Seraikella, a seat reserved for Scheduled Tribes, BJP candidate and former JMM leader Champai Soren is contesting against JMM’s Ganesh Mahli. Soren, who switched parties after being removed as Chief Minister, has made this a high-stakes battle. The constituency recorded an impressive 76% voter turnout.

The Gandey constituency also drew attention as Hemant Soren’s wife, Kalpana Soren, contested on a JMM ticket against BJP’s Muniya Devi. Kalpana Soren had earlier secured a strong victory in the assembly by-election.

In Jamtara, Congress MLA Irfan Ansari is fighting to retain his seat against BJP’s Sita Soren, who is the sister-in-law of the Chief Minister and a JMM defector.

The Giridih constituency saw JMM’s Sudivya Kumar facing BJP’s Nirbhay Kumar Shahbadi.

In Dhanbad, a constituency rich in industrial heritage, BJP’s Raj Sinha, a two-term winner, is defending his seat against Congress’s Ajay Kumar Dubey.

The Worli constituency is shaping up to be a thrilling three-way contest. Milind Deora of Shiv Sena (Shinde faction) is up against Aaditya Thackeray, the Shiv Sena (UBT) scion. MNS leader Sandeep Deshpande, meanwhile, is counting on local issues to win over Marathi voters.

A family feud unfolds in Baramati as Sharad Pawar's grandnephew Yugendra Pawar takes on Ajit Pawar.

Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis is eyeing a fourth consecutive win in Nagpur South West while in Thane’s Kopri-Pachpakhadi, CM Eknath Shinde faces Kedar Dighe, nephew of his political mentor, the late Anand Dighe.

NCP's Zeeshan Siddique faces Varun Sardesai of Sena (UBT) in Vandre East.