Maharashtra Election Result: Counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections will begin at 8 am today. All eyes are on the outcome of the contest between the ruling Mahayuti and the MVA, which is trying to return to power. Election officials said the final turnout in the vote held on November 20 was 66.05 percent, while in 2019 this figure was 61.1 percent. A total of 288 counting centers have been set up to count votes, including also a center for the Nanded Lok Sabha by-elections.
Who fought in how many seats?
In the grand alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party had fielded candidates for 149 assembly seats, the Shiv Sena for 81 seats and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had fielded candidates for 59 constituencies. In the opposition alliance MVA, Congress fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (Ubatha) 95 and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) 86 candidates.
Parties like Bahujan Samaj Party and All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) also participated in the elections, in which the BSP fielded 237 candidates and AIMIM 17 candidates. This time the number of candidates increased by 28 per cent compared to the 2019 assembly elections in the state. This year, 4,136 candidates stood for election, while in the 2019 elections 3,239 candidates were in the running.
