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Maharashtra Election Result Live: The ruling Mahayuti secured a landslide victory on Saturday as votes were counted on Saturday.

The counting of the postal ballots started at 8 am — with early trends confirming a significant lead for the ruling Mahayuti alliance on over 200 seats. The numbers have continued to remain in favour of the grouping with the party now set to win 236 seats out of 288. The majority mark in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly is 145.

The high-stakes Assembly elections was marked by a fierce two-cornered battle between the ruling Mahayuti and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi. 

What did the exit poll results say? Most exit polls such as Chanakya Strategies, Pradeep Gupta's Axis My India, P-MARQ predicted a return of the BJP-led Mahayuti government, crediting the government's pro-poor and women schemes such as ‘Ladki Bahin’ just ahead of the Maharashtra Election Results. The MVA is expected to close the gap as the Maharashtra Election Results are declared on November 23. LiveMint brings you the Maharashtra Election Results Live, stay tuned for the latest news developments.

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24 Nov 2024, 03:41:34 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: NCP leader Praful Patel said, "I am not aware of any program related to the Oath-taking ceremony of the CM...The decision regarding this will be made in a meeting of all three parties (Shiv Sena, NCP, and BJP)," reported ANI.

24 Nov 2024, 02:41:06 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Shiv Sena winning candidate from Sawantwadi Assembly seat Deepak Kesarkar on Sunday hailed the Maharashtra Assembly Elections outcome. 

He also called the result an indication that people have come out of wrong narrative.

 “This is a blessing of people to the Mahayuti government. Earlier, in the Lok Sabha elections, a wrong narrative was set. Now the people of India and Maharashtra have come out of that wrong narrative. The people have shown which one is the real Shiv Sena...Devendra Fadnavis was tried to be defamed. The schemes under the leadership of Eknath Shinde received a lot of love from women, farmers and senior citizens," Kesarkar told ANI.

24 Nov 2024, 01:55:25 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: NCP meeting is underway at the residence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. Mahayuti won 231 of the total 288 seats.

24 Nov 2024, 01:31:42 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Several leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party met Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday. 

BJP national joint general secretary Shiv Prakash and Maharashtra unit head Chandrashekhar Bawankule were spotted arriving at Fadnavis' residence.

The focus has now shifted to BJP leader Fadnavis, the architect of his party’s stunning victory as it bagged 132 of the 149 seats it contested in the state.

24 Nov 2024, 12:51:56 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: All the women who won in the Maharashtra state assembly elections are from the Mahayuti alliance except one from the opposition. 

According to PTI, as many as 21 women candidates emerged as winner on Saturday. 

The BJP accounted for the highest number of 14 women candidates emerging victorious, including 10 who were re-elected.

24 Nov 2024, 12:37:58 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: After the defeat of MVA in Maharashtr, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut slammed former CJI DY Chandrachud for removing the fear of the law from politicians who defected from parties in Maharashtra.

Raut claimed that by not deciding on the disqualification petitions, Chandrachud kept doors and windows open for defections.

24 Nov 2024, 12:31:42 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: After BJP-led Mahayuti's victory in Maharashtra, BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday expressed confidence that the people of Tamil Nadu will also extend support to projects of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Speaking to mediapersons, Soundararajan said “The people have supported good governance and development. Similarly, the time is not very far when the people of Tamil Nadu will also support the good projects of Narendra Modi. I believe that the people of Tamil Nadu will see who will do good for them in the 2026 Assembly elections and vote accordingly."

24 Nov 2024, 11:44:35 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Congress AICC general secretary KC Venugopal on Saturday reacted to the Maharashtra election results and said that the party can comment on the matter only after the picture gets clear. 

"We don't understand what happened. It was not just the debacle of the Congress party but that of the entire Maha Vikas Aghadi. Let us first get a clear picture of what has happened," he told a TV channel.

A day after BJP-led Mahayuti retained power in Maharashtra, the Congress on Sunday said that the party and other partners of the Maha Vikas Aghadi will collectively introspect the reasons of their 'shocking' drubbing in the crucial polls.

24 Nov 2024, 11:32:01 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shehzaad Poonawalla on Saturday slammed Congress for rejecting the Maharashtra Assembly Election results. 

While speaking with ANI, the BJP leader said, “Congress ki ek hi pehchaan, karo loktantra aur janta ka apmaan. The party always questions the public's conscience. Whenever Congress lost elections, they have blamed the Election Commission and EVMs for that."

24 Nov 2024, 10:42:30 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: BJP spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Saturday slammed the Opposition for blaming EVMs for their defeat in Maharashtra. 

"Those who are blaming the EVM, I want to tell them that same EVMs were used in Jharkhand where the result came in your favour...They are not able to digest the fact that their 'Jhooth ki Dukaan' has been exposed from Maharashtra to Uttar Pradesh...If you (INDIA alliance) are blaming EVMs for your defeat then you should resign from the states where you have formed the government...Congress means anti-democracy," he said.

24 Nov 2024, 10:18:10 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader ST Hasan questioned the “defective" electoral system and expressed distrust in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) after Mahayuti won elections in Maharashtra.

The SP leader said that the Maharashtra assembly elections were "unexpected" and alleged that the police and administration were influential to the Samajwadi party voters in the Uttar Pradesh bypolls."

24 Nov 2024, 10:06:07 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: After BJP-led Mahayuti won Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) President and Assam Minister Atul Bora commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership as BJP-led Mahayuti alliance record landslide victory in Maharashtra assembly elections.

"On behalf of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), I extend heartiest congratulations to the Mahayuti Alliance (BJP, NCP, Shiv Sena) on its resounding victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections," Bora said in a post on X.

24 Nov 2024, 08:45:11 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the outcome of vote counting results in the state and said, “The way elections in Maharashtra were held shortly after Haryana, and almost all candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won, this has never happened in India. BJP has won Maharashtra, but India has lost. Democracy has lost. The Constitution has lost."

24 Nov 2024, 08:12:09 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday hailed Maharashtra Assembly Elections and said that the credit of the victory goes to PM Narendra Modi and his revolutionary schemes.

Speaking to media persons in Jammu, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said, “While I want to thank the people of Maharashtra, I want to give credit to PM Narendra Modi for his revolutionary schemes for the welfare of people... He won the trust of the people of Maharashtra; that is why they voted for us."

23 Nov 2024, 10:23:11 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said leaders of the Opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance targeted him personally as well as his party, which the people of the state did not like.

23 Nov 2024, 09:55:49 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: "This time Maharashtra has broken all records. This is the biggest victory for any party or pre-poll alliance in Maharashtra in the last 50 years. This is the third consecutive time that Maharashtra has blessed the alliance led by BJP. For the third time, BJP has emerged as the largest party in Maharashtra," the Prime Minister said.

23 Nov 2024, 08:28:04 PM IST

Senior BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister JP Nadda arrived at the BJP headquarters to rousing cheers on Saturday evening. 

“Today is a historic day. The people of Maharashtra and the by-elections held in various states have shown that people have once again expressed their trust in the policies and development work of Prime Minister Modi," the BJP chief said.

23 Nov 2024, 08:15:36 PM IST

23 Nov 2024, 08:08:28 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The three Congress big guns in the state - Nana Patole, Balasaheb Thorat and Prithiviraj Chavan - were trailing till late evening.

23 Nov 2024, 07:41:16 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala dubbed the results an ‘unbelievable, unexpected’ turn of events. 

"I have been in politics since 1982. I have been MP four times, MLA five times. We have been talking to people in all the corners of Maharashtra, doing public meetings, but this result is unbelievable, unacceptable, because it is contrary to the people's emotions. We have talked to leaders, workers, journalists, all the section of the society, but nobody expected this result. The fight was between Mahayuti, and MVA. Exit polls had come, but we cannot believe this result," he said.

23 Nov 2024, 07:19:52 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The new Maharashtra Assembly will operate without a leader of opposition as no party outside the ruling alliance has been able to get the mandatory minimum 29 seats required to hold the post.

23 Nov 2024, 05:02:31 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the poll results in a social media post on Saturday evening. 

“Development wins! Good governance wins! United we will soar even higher! Heartfelt gratitude to my sisters and brothers of Maharashtra, especially the youth and women of the state, for a historic mandate to the NDA. This affection and warmth is unparalleled. I assure the people that our Alliance will keep working for Maharashtra’s progress. Jai Maharashtra!" he wrote on X.

23 Nov 2024, 04:13:12 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reiterated the work done by his government and the many policies that had been implemented during his tenure.

“People put a faith in us. We gave the five instalments of 'Ladki Bahin'. We did not bring the scheme only to keep them on paper. We want to bring good change in common man's lives. We want to make Common man a Super Man. They have made us superman in this election," Shinde said.

23 Nov 2024, 04:06:25 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his two deputies — Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar — led a press conference on Saturday afternoon after securing a landslide win.

“This is a historic day as well as a victory. This time, people took the election in their own hands. People showed love in the form of votes. I bow before the voters. The work we did in the last 2 years and the decisions we took were unprecedented. The works MVA stopped, including development works, were restarted. Atal Setu, Samruddhi Mahmarg, and Metro train projects were implemented. We were fortunate to inaugurate the projects by the hands of PM Modi. The overall development of the state was our motto and we worked towards it," Shinde said.

23 Nov 2024, 04:03:13 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Samajwadi Party candidate Abu Azmi won the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar seat while NCP leader Nawab Malik found himself trailing in fourth place.

23 Nov 2024, 03:57:53 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his two deputies — Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar — led a press conference on Saturday afternoon after securing a landslide win.

“Till the counting started, everyone was predicting results. I thank people of Maharashtra for the landslide victory. All the leaders, workers put a lot of efforts. We suffered a setback in Lok Sabha election. We accepted the result and moved forward. We implemented several schemes, but Ladki Bahin proved gamechanger. Our responsibility has increased with the mandate. The central government is with us. Mahayuti is ahead in all six division of Maharashtra," Pawar said.

23 Nov 2024, 03:51:07 PM IST

23 Nov 2024, 03:49:43 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: BJP leader Rahul Narwekar — the speaker in the outgoing Maharashtra assembly — has retained Colaba by margin of 48,581 votes.

23 Nov 2024, 03:16:24 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis dubbed it a sign of support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the Mahayuti alliance appeared poised for a landslide victory. He also insisted that there was no row over the Chief Ministerial post — with leaders of Mahayuti parties sert to take a decision.

"Opposition’s efforts of propagating fake narrative, and polarisation of voters based on religion was foiled by the masses. I succeeded in breaking the 'chakravyuh' of opposition due to support of voters, our team and party leaders," he added.

23 Nov 2024, 03:12:12 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis thanked the people of Maharashtra on Saturday evening as the Mahayuti alliance appeared poised for a landslide victory. He also noted that the people of Maharashtra had shown that the party headed by Eknath Shinde “is the real Shiv Sena of Balasaheb Thackeray".

23 Nov 2024, 03:03:35 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Jay Pawar discussed the possibility of his father becoming Maharashtra Chief Minister as the Mahayuti appeared set for a landslide win.

“Of course, even I feel the same way...About the results, the elder leaders will take that decision. But every Baramatikar does want to see Dada as the chief minister…I am really happy with the results. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our voters because they all have entrusted the Mahayuti again. In the next five years, we all will work hand in hand for the progress of the state and our Taluka...All the Baramatikars are Dada's and my family and as they gave respect to Saheb during Lok Sabha (polls) they have respect to Dada during Vidhan Sabha because they know the work he has done for the Taluka," he told ANI.

23 Nov 2024, 02:51:08 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: With the Mahayuti alliance inching closer to victory and likely to form the government in Maharashtra, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde thanked the BJP high command for their support in prioritising Maharashtra.

“I thank all the workers of Mahayuti. PM Modi, Amit Shah bhai, Nadda ji - all supported us. They gave priority to Maharashtra. I am proud that I have been proven right about what I had said that we will win 200 seats. We (Mahayuti) fought like a team," Shinde said.

23 Nov 2024, 02:45:57 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Deputy CM Ajit Pawar widens is slated for a landslide victory against against nephew Yugendra Pawar in Baramati.

23 Nov 2024, 02:37:02 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The Election Commission has called several constituencies as the counting of votes remain underway in Maharashtra. BJP candidates have been declared the winner from 7 seats while the Shiv Sena has secured 4 constituencies.

23 Nov 2024, 02:29:52 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The ruling Mahayuti alliance is set to secure a landslide win — with the BJP leading on 129 seats. The allied Shiv Sena is leading on 56 seats while the NCP is set to win 39 seats.

23 Nov 2024, 02:19:33 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday as the ruling coalition heading for a landslide win. 

“The reason for the victory is the development role of PM Modi in 'sabka saath sabka vikas' and the decisions taken by the Maharashtra government in the last 2.5 years. A lot of those decisions were anyway great, but the Ladki Bahin (yojana) decision was definitely revolutionary... We are confident that we can get up to 225-230 seats," he told ANI.

23 Nov 2024, 01:59:59 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday, as the Mahayuti alliance approaches a landslide victory in the 2024 Assembly elections.

23 Nov 2024, 01:50:07 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the Mahayuti coalition does not have a definitive formula that the party bagging the most seats will get the chief minister's post. Early trends have indicated that the ruling coalition comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP, will retain power in Maharashtra.

23 Nov 2024, 01:13:11 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: As the NDA continued to soar on its massive leads, Devendra Fadnavis - the man of the moment - took to X and said, “ek hain toh safe hain, Modi hai toh mumkin hai."

23 Nov 2024, 12:28:45 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Kalidas Kolambkar of the BJP has won from the Wadala Assembly seat by over 24,000 votes. He was fielded against Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) candidate Shraddha Jadhav.

23 Nov 2024, 12:25:34 PM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader claims ‘gadbad’ in the election results as the NDA coalition limited INDIA bloc to just 56-seat lead. Speaking with reporters as the results became clearer, Sanjay Raut said, “They have done some 'gadbad', they have stolen some of our seats."

“Is it possible that Shinde gets 60 seats, Ajit Pawar gets 40 seats and BJP gets 125 seats? The people of this state are not dishonest. We have their faith on the people of Maharashtra," Sanay Raut said.

23 Nov 2024, 11:47:29 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: In its first reaction, Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate said that the party could have done better. “Maharashtra election results are opposite to our expectations. There is no doubt that we could have done better. At the same time, we are happy that we have performed well in Jharkhand and we are going to repeat govt in the state. Maharashtra elections have been disappointing. In Maharashtra, our campaign was good but maybe the public expects more from us and we will deliver on their expectations," Supriya Shrinate said.

23 Nov 2024, 11:44:03 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Chandrakant Patil has started celebrating as he leads on the Kothrud Assembly constituency by 33,147 votes. He was fielded against Chandrakant Balbhim Mokate of the Shiv Sena (UBT).

23 Nov 2024, 11:41:38 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena supporters have started celebrating outside the residence of the chief minister as the aliance Mahayuti leads on over 200 seats in Maharashtra Election Results. Watch the video here

23 Nov 2024, 11:38:18 AM IST

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23 Nov 2024, 11:36:16 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: Samajwadi Party's Abu Azmi leading, NCP's Nawab Malik trailing in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar Assembly constituency in Maharashtra

23 Nov 2024, 11:34:52 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The closely watched fight between Aaditya Thackeray and Milind Deora has the Shiv Sena (UBT) leader trailing on the Worli seat by just nearly 600 seats.

23 Nov 2024, 11:32:53 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: As per the latest Election Commission trends, the BJP is leading on 126 seats, Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde is leading on 53 seats, and Ajit Pawar-led NCP is ahead on 34 seats.

For Maha Vikas Aghadi, Shiv Sena (UBT) is leading on 21 seats, Congress on 19 seats and Sharad Pawar-led NCP on 15 seats.

23 Nov 2024, 11:17:11 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The BJP-led NDA is now set for a massive victory in the state, leading on 217 seats as the counting of the votes continues. The INDIA bloc has continued to declined with leads on just 60 seats.

23 Nov 2024, 11:00:46 AM IST

Maharashtra Election Results Live: The BJP has achieved a 10-year high since 2014, securing leads in 127 seats. Meanwhile, its coalition partners, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP, are leading in 55 and 35 seats, respectively, as per the Election Commission trends at 11 am.