CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar lead
Mahavikas Aghadi alliance leads with 114 seats
Counting of votes begins in 288 Maharashtra assembly seats
Maharashtra Assembly (Aaj Samaj) Mumbai Results: After voting on November 20, counting of votes in 288 Maharashtra assembly seats began today. Trends began to emerge some time after counting began. In the initial trends, Mahayuti seems to be taking the lead. CM Eknath Shinde and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar are at the helm. The main contest in these elections is between Mahayuti and Mahavikas Aghadi. Mahayuti includes the BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and the NCP (Ajit Pawar), while the Mahavikas Aghadi includes the Congress, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) and the NCP (Sharad Pawar).
At the same time, out of 11 exit polls released on November 20, 6 are expected to form the BJP alliance i.e. the Mahayuti government. There is a possibility of an alliance in Congress i.e. Mahavikas Aghadi in 4 polls and Hung Assembly in one poll. The BJP candidate from Bhokar and Ashok Chavan’s daughter is also leading. Mahayuti leads with 131 seats. While the Mahavikas Aghadi alliance leads with 114 seats.
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