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Maharashtra Election Results Highlights: Devendra Fadnavis offers to resign from deputy CM post after poll results

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jun 05, 2024, 18:39:57 IST

Maharashtra Election Results Highlights: Devendra Fadnavis offers to resign from deputy CM post after poll results

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live: The opposition INDIA bloc won the majority of constituencies in the state. Political heavyweights such as Nitin Gadkari, and Piyush Goyal won in their respective constituencies.

The NDA, comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP, won 17 seats. The INDIA bloc, including Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena (UBT), Sharad Pawar's NCPSP, Congress, won 30 seats. Congress emerged as the single largest party in the state, winning 13 seats.

Maharashtra, the second-largest state in terms of Lok Sabha constituencies numbered 48, went to the polls across five phases on April 19, 26, May 7, 13, and 20.

The voter turnout for Maharashtra was 61.33% for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, which was slightly higher as compared to the 2019 elections turnout for the state which was 60.79%.

The political climate in the state has been greatly elevated by recent party splits. Eknath Shinde of Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), chose to realign themselves with the BJP. While their rivals, Uddhav Thackeray of Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar of NCP, remained aligned with the INDIA bloc.

The factions led by Uddhav Thackeray within Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar within NCP are referred to as Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Pawar), respectively.

In 2019 NDA consisting of BJP and then Shiv Sena clinched 41 seats while UPA was limited to 5 seats. While the tally was the same for NDA in the 2014 general elections UPA was limited to 6 seats.

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