Fadnavis is ahead in the race for Maharashtra CM as BJP leads the tally
Fadnavis is ahead in the race for Maharashtra CM as BJP leads the tally. Devendra Fadnavis praised Mahayuti's remarkable win, stating there will be no disagreement over the CM candidate. The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance achieved a significant victory in Maharashtra, surprising the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. In Jharkhand, the JMM-led alliance achieved a significant victory, making history as the first incumbent alliance in the state to be re-elected after serving a full term.
Maharashtra conducted its assembly elections in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand held two-phase polls on November 13 and 20.
Additionally, the Election Commission declared the results of by-polls for 48 assembly seats in 13 states. BJP and its partners secured the majority, with significant wins in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Rajasthan. Congress won the Lok Sabha seats in Wayanad (Kerala) and Nanded (Maharashtra) as well as seven assembly seats, three of which were in Karnataka. TMC captured all six seats in West Bengal.
Key highlights of the November 23 election results:
• The first time that an existing government completing five years has held onto power in Jharkhand.
• BJP secured 132 out of the 148 seats it contested, with partners Shiv Sena and NCP also performing well.
• All Mahayuti ministers who ran for election in Maharashtra emerged victorious.
• Following the victory in the Wayanad bypoll, Priyanka Gandhi now joins Sonia Gandhi (Rajya Sabha, Rajasthan) and Rahul Gandhi (Rae Bareli, Lok Sabha) in Parliament.
• Most candidates from Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj party lost their deposits, except in one constituency.
What are the final results of the Jharkhand and Maharashtra elections?
Jharkhand Assembly (81 seats):
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM): 34 seats
JMM Allies:
Congress: 16 seats
RJD: 4 seats
CPI-ML: 2 seats
BJP: 21 seats
BJP Allies:
AJSU: 1 seat
Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas): 1 seat
JD-U: 1 seat
Maharashtra Assembly (288 seats):
Mahayuti:
BJP: 132 seats
Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction): 57 seats
NCP (Ajit Pawar faction): 41 seats
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA):
Shiv Sena (UBT, Uddhav Thackeray faction): 20 seats
Congress: 16 seats
NCP (Sharad Pawar faction): 10 seats
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