Notably, the ruling Mahayuti alliance won the Maharashtra assembly poll. BJP-led Mahayuti alliance registered a smashing victory, carrying its allies–Shiv Sena and NCP–with its momentum.
The BJP has won 132 seats; Shiv Sena, led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, has won 57 seats, and the NCP, led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, won 41 seats. The state has 288 assembly seats.
The constituents of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) suffered a rude jolt with Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray winning 20 seats, Congress 16, and NCP (SCP) led by Sharad Pawar only 10 seats.
The BJP saw a fabulous strike rate with the party winning 133 of the 148 seats it contested in Maharashtra. The party’s allies Shiv Sena and NCP also have a very good strike rate.The assembly elections in Maharashtra were held on November 20.The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-led alliance is set to retain the power. The assembly polls were conducted in two phases in Jharkhand. The first phase was held on November 13 and the second phase on November 20.
Following poll outcomes in two states, 48 assembly seats, and two Lok Sabha by-polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined celebrations at BJP headquarters and said the people of the state have defeated “negative and parivarvad politics.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also launched a scathing attack on the Congress after the BJP-led alliance’s historic victory in the Maharashtra assembly polls, alleging that it is a “‘parjeevi” party that “sinks the boat of its allies.”.
“Congress has now become a parasitic party, increasingly difficult for it to form a government on its own. Congress not only sinks its boat but also the boats of its allies. Today we have seen the same thing in Maharashtra also,” he said.
