Maharashtra Elections Results Live: In the largely bipolar contest, it will be a testimony of the BJP-Shiv Sena’s decade-long alliance while determining the future of the Congress and NCP parties in the state.
Maharashtra Elections Results 2019 Live Updates: Maharashtra on Thursday appeared on course to have a BJP-Shiv Sena alliance government for another term. In the 288-member Assembly, the BJP won 104 seats, while ally Sena bagged 56. The NCP bagged 54 seats and the Congress emerged victorious in 43 seats.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the people have given the alliance a decisive mandate to form the government for a second consecutive term. But Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray lost no time to “remind” the BJP about the “equal” or “50-50 power-sharing” formula for all berths in the new government.
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Maharashtra Elections Results Live: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and his wife Amruta Fadnavi after voting in in Nagpur district on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (PTI Photo)
Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national president Minister Amit Shah congratulated party workers Thursday evening and applauded the results in Maharashtra and Haryana. Although the party was below the halfway mark, Modi called the Haryana result an “unprecedented” achievement, cited the 3 per cent increase in the party’s vote share over the last Assembly elections and flagged the fact that BJP, a minor player before 2014, was all set to return for a second term in power. Click here to read more.
Maharashtra is set to have a BJP-Shiv Sena alliance government for another five years, with the former winning 105 seats and the Sena 56 in the 288-member Assembly.
The Congress settled at 44 seats, while the NCP improved its 2014 performance winning 54 seats.
In the 2014 polls, the BJP had won 122 seats, the Sena 63, the Congress 42 and the NCP 41. The BJP and Sena had then contested separately. The Sena joined the BJP-led government over a month after it was formed.
The 'NOTA' option secured second position in two Assembly seats in Maharashtra, reflecting disenchantment with candidates in the fray in these constituencies.
One of them was the Latur Rural Assembly segment in central Maharashtra, from where late Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's son Dhiraj posted a handsome victory in his maiden poll outing.
In the newly-elected 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, there would be only 23 women, eleven of them sitting legislators. It is still an improvement over the previous assembly which had 22 women legislators. The sitting legislators who were elected on Thursday were Manda Mhatre (from Belapur), Manisha Chaudhari (Dahisar), Vidya Thakur (Goregaon), Devyani Farande (Nashik Central), Seema Hiray (Nashik West), Madhuri Misal (Parvati), Monica Rajale (Shevgaon) and Bharati Lavhekar (Versova). All eight MLAs are from the BJP. Congress MLAs Praniti Shinde (Solapur City Central), Yashomati Thakur (Teosa) and Varsha Gaikwad (Dharavi-Mumbai) also retained their seats. NCP MLA Suman Patil too retained her Tasgaon- Kavathe Mahankal seat. The newcomer women legislators are Saroj Ahire (Devlali) of the NCP, Lata Sonavane (Chopda) and Yamini Jadhav (Byculla) of the Shiv Sena; Shweta Mahale (Chikli), Meghana Bordikar (Jintur), Namita Mundada (Kaij), Mukta Tilak (Kasba Peth); and Congress' Pratibha Dhanorkar (Warora) and Sulbha Khodke (Amravati). Two independents -- Geeta Jain (Mira Bhayander) and Manjula Gavit (Sakri) have also won.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis defeated his nearest rival, Congress' Ashish Deshmukh by a margin of 49,344 votes from the Nagpur South West constituency, election officials said on Thursday. Fadnavis won from this constituency for the third time, but with a reduced margin. He had won from the seat by 58,942 votes in 2014. Fadnavis secured 1,09,237 votes while Ashish Deshmukh got 59,893 votes.
Sharad Pawar-led NCP made major gains in Pune district by winning nine assembly seats, six more than its 2014 poll tally, and leading in another one, even as two ministers in the Devendra Fadnavis government bit the dust. While the Shiv Sena lost all three seats it held earlier in the district, its ally BJP managed to retain nine of the 11 seats it had won in the last election. Congress's strength grew to two, as it won one more seat in the district this time. Pune district houses total 21 Assembly segments.
Amit Shah addresses a gathering of party workers at BJP headquarter in New Delhi. "Under Modi 2.0, we are marching ahead. We have secured the first two assembly elections since the beginning of Modi 2.0 government. We have accomplished a lot in our second tenure at the centre. Triple talaq, Article 370, Article 35(a) are some of the issues that no other party had the political will to take on. We have brought solutions that nobody else could," says Shah.
Despite BJP’s all-out bid to unseat Ajit Pawar from his family pocket borough of Baramati, the NCP leader and former deputy chief minister won by a record margin of 1,60,965 votes. Pawar’s BJP rival Gopichand Padalkar lost his deposit, as did all other candidates. READ MORE
Sena workers wait for Jogeshwari East candidate Ravindra Waikar to start victory rally in Mumbai.
Going by the trends at noon, the results for the elections to the Maharashtra and Haryana assemblies give the ruling BJP a lot to worry. Contrary to the hype created ahead of the voting, the party is not doing so well in either of the two states. According to the trends at noon, BJP-Shiv Sena had crossed the halfway mark with 163 seats in the 288 member Assembly, but the BJP, which has been maintaining that it would have the numbers to form a government on its own, has not done as expected in some areas including Vidarbha. READ MORE
Reminding the BJP of the “fifty-fifty” formula for power-sharing in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Thursday said “he has to allow his party to grow”. Out of the total 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra, BJP was leading on 101 seats while Shiv Sena was ahead on 57. The BJP, however, is suffering a loss of over 20 seats against its tally in 2014. The counting is still underway. In the state elections, Shiv Sena had agreed to contest on fewer seats than the BJP. “We agreed to contest fewer seats (than the BJP), but I cannot accommodate the BJP every time. I should allow my party to grow,” Thackeray said. READ MORE
From the high of the 2019 Lok Sabha election results when it managed to win 23 of the 48 seats in Maharashtra, the BJP has got a reality check in the Maharashtra Assembly polls. EXPLAINED
Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray won the Worli Assembly constituency in Mumbai, defeating his NCP rival Suresh Mane by a margin of over 70,000 votes. Aaditya’s candidature remained under the spotlight ever since he became the first member of the Thackeray family to take the electoral plunge. In a clear change in strategy, the Sena fielded Aaditya, son of party chief Uddhav, from the Worli constituency, which it considers its stronghold. For Uddhav, this was a clear message to establish his son in the party and in state politics.
Election Commission announces that Varsha Gaikwad (INC) secures 53,954 votes against Shiv Sena's Ashish More, who bagged 42,130 votes.
The BJP-led NDA has taken a comfortable lead in Maharashtra, where it leads in 166 seats in the 288-member Assembly. The Congress-NCP alliance leads in 95 seats in Maharashtra. Other candidates lead in 25 seats. CLICK HERE TO SEE LIST
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is all set to retain power in Maharashtra. As per the latest trends, the alliance was leading on 157 seats while Congress and NCP were leading on 102 seats. In the pic, Shiv Sena party workers celebrating outside Sena Bhavan in Dadar.
Congress candidate and incumbent MLA Aslam Shaikh leads by 3568 votes against BJP's Ramesh Thakur.
BJP leader and Maharashtra cabinet minister Pankaja Munde today accepted her defeat from Parli assembly seat at the hands of her cousin and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde. The result of the Parli seat has not been declared yet, but Pankaja is trailing behind Dhananjay Munde by almost 30,000 votes. "I worked for the constituency. Though I was in the government, my struggle for my constituency and people continued. I take responsibility of this defeat," she said.
Shiv Sena party workers celebrate outside Sena Bhavan in Dadar. (Express photo/Prashant Nadkar)
In Nandurbar, BJP's Vijaykumar Krushnarao Gavit was declared winner.
Congress candidate Vikas Thakre defeats BJP's Sudhakar Kohale in West Nagpur.
In Palghar, Shiv Sena's Shrinivas Chintaman Vanga won by 40,305 votes.
In Shahada, BJP's Rajesh Udesing Padvi emerged winner.
In Chiplun, NCP's Shekhar Govindrao Nikam was declared winner.
In Dindoshi, NCP's Sunil Prabhu won the elections.
In Ghatkopar East, BJP's Parag Shah was declared winner.
In Borivali, BJP's Sunil Dattatraya Rane defeated Congress' Kumar Khilare by 95,021 votes.
NCP winning candidate from Hadapsar, Chetan Tupe. (Express photo/Pawan Khengre)
Indicating that it is not averse to holding post-poll talks with Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena, NCP's Maharashtra president Jayant Patil said, "Nobody is untouchable in politics. Let the whole verdict come out, a lot of things will change." Earlier in the day, the Congress, which might be relegated to the four slots in Maharashtra, also indicated it's next move.
District election officer Kishore Ram has sternly reprimanded polling agents who were 'unnecessarily' raising frivolous objections and delaying the counting process at Cantonment assembly segment counting centre. Despite the lowest voter turnout, this segment is taking time to complete the counting process. At the end of the 11th round, Sunil Kamble of BJP secured 26,073 votes while Congress' Ramesh Bagwe polled 22,603 votes. Arde from VBA polled 7,848 votes while Hina shaikh of AIMIM took 2,289 votes.
* NCP’s Dharmaraobaba Atram wins from Aheri, Gadchiroli.
* Shiv Sena candidate Ajay Choudhary wins from Shivadi constituency.
* Jitendra Awhad wins in Mumbra Kalwa
* In Thane, BJP begins celebrations for Sanjay Kelkar
Sharad Pawar said, "We will soon hold a meeting to discuss certain things about the elections, with our supporters and decide our future course of action. We have tried to perform to the best of our abilities."
"One important thing to see is that the people who left us, have not been accepted. Defections have not worked in favour of those who left," the NCP chief said.
"I would like to dedicate our win to the citizens; we have won because of them. We have accepted the mandate. The Opposition has worked hard and all members of Congress-NCP and allies have delivered and given their best. I thank them all. Power comes, power goes but it is important to remain committed to a cause and we thank people for the love they showed," Pawar said.
Pune Mayor and BJP candidate from Kasba Peth constituency, Mukta Tilak, is currently leading ahead of Congress' Arvind Shinde. (Express photo/Pawan Khengre)
Addressing the media, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said, "The people of Maharashtra have rejected the BJP's slogan of 'Abki Baar, 200 paar'. The party humbly accepts the mandate by the people. NCP-Congress workers have supported each other."
BJP's Bharati Lavekar has won from Versova seat.
NCP leader Chetan Tupe, who won by approximately 3,000 votes from Hadapsar, was cheered by party volunteers at the counting centre. Tupe said that his victory has exposed BJP's corruption and that he will work for the development of his constituency. "It is the victory of my karyakartas (workers)," he said.
In Dahisar, all the opposition candidates have protested against the counting procedure after six EVMs were reportedly found to be bogus. They have assembled at the magistrate Court in Borivali to appeal stoppage of counting.
In Malad West, BJP's Ramesh Thakur's lead further increases; he is now leading by 1,929 votes. He is fighting Congress candidate and incumbent MLA Aslam Shaikh.
Sharad Pawar may just have pulled the Opposition out of near irrelevance in Maharashtra. Going by the early trends, it seems that Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has much to cheer about, with initial projections indicating that the NCP might end up winning more seats than it did in the last assembly polls. In the run up to the polls, the Enforcement Directorate had registered a case against Pawar in a alleged money-laundering matter, but the 79-year-old’s strategy to run an election on how he was being “targetted” by a vindictive ruling regime seems to have found a connect with the voters. Click here to read more.
Former Congress minister Satej Patil said the trends are an indication that the middle class has rejected the saffron party.
The three seats in Sindhudurg district of Konkan region witnessed a unique fight where both the Shiv Sena and the BJP, who are allies in the state, openly fought against each other. BJP's Nitesh Rane is leading against Shiv Sena's Satish Sawant by 16,000 votes in Kankavli seat. In Sawantwadi, Sena's Deepak Kesarkar is leading by over 12,000 votes against BJP-supported independent Rajan Teli. In Kudal seat, Shiv Sena's Vaibhav Naik is leading by over 4,000 votes against BJP-supported independent Ranjit Desai.
In Gadchiroli’s Aheri constituency, former minister and NCP candidate Dharmaraobaba Atram is ahead of BJP MLA Raje Ambarishrao Atram by 8,000 votes.
At the counting centre for Hadapsar assembly segment, 100 women volunteers, who were responsible for the transportation and despatch of election material, including EVMs, arrived in a dress code today. (Express photo/Anuradha Mascarenhas)
In Versova, Congress is now taking the lead.
Shiv Sena MP from Hatkanangale blames BJP's for the party's bad performance in the district.
Due to a display problem in four electronic voting machines in Bandra East constituency, counting will be done using a VVPAT at the end, the state election commission said.
From the high of the 2019 Lok Sabha election results when it managed to win 23 of the 48 seats in Maharashtra, the BJP has got a reality check in the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Around noon, the Election Commission of India website showed the BJP leading in 101 seats, much lower than the 122 seats that it had won in the 2014 state elections. Read our analysis: The BJP’s Maharashtra plan has not gone by the script, here’s why
Latest trends suggest that BJP-Shiva is leading in 166 seats while Congress-NCP is leading in 96 seats
Shiv Sena’s Aaditya Thackeray has taken the lead from Mumbai’s Worli’s Assembly constituency against Congress candidate Suresh Mane. As per trends available at noon, Aaditya was leading by a margin of over 33,480 votes.
Zeeshan Siddiqui of Congress is leading by 19,00 votes against the Mumbai Shiv Sena Mayor.
Congress spokesman Sachin Sawant on Thursday said his party's priority would be to keep the BJP "out of power" in Maharashtra. As counting of votes was underway, Sawant in a tweet said, "Congress' priority would be to keep BJP out of power."
After 13 rounds of counting in Latur, BJP's Sambhaji Patil leads in Nilanga by over 20,000 votes.
BJP minister Bala Bhedge loses in Maval seat.
NCP leader Ajit Pawar has won from Baramati constituency by Ajit Pawar wins by 1,11,000 votes.
Former Congress minister and now BJP candidate, Harshwardhan Patil (52,619 votes) trails against NCP’s Dattatray Bharne (62,247 votes) on Indapur seat in Pune district.
NCP candidate Chetan Tupe was declared winner from Hadapsar seat.
In Malad West, a close fight is underway between the Congress and BJP. Congress' Aslam Shaikh is trailing behind BJP's Ramesh Thakur by 1,093 votes.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis leading over his nearest Congress rival Ashish Deshmukh by 11,134 votes in Nagpur-South West seat. State BJP chief and revenue minister Chandrakant Patil leading over MNS nominee Kishore Shinde by 8,888 votes in Kothrud. BJP minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil leading over his Congress rival Suresh Thorat by 49,356 votes in Shirdi.
Seven-time MLA and BJP candidate Kalidas Kolambkar is leading with 14,604 votes in Wadala constituency.
*Kalidas Kolambkar (BJP): 22,936 votes
* Shivkumar Lad (INC): 8,332 votes
* Anand Prabhu (MNS): 3,647 votes
NOTA: 1,476 votes
At the end of 10 rounds of counting, BJP is leading in four out of eight assemblies in Pune -- Kothrud, Kasba Peth, Parvati and Pune Cantonment. NCP, on the other hand, is leading in three assembly sections -- Hadapsar, Khadakwasla, Wadgaon Sheri. The Congress candidate is leading in Shivajinagar. In Kasba Peth, Pune Mayor and BJP candidate Mukta Tilak is leading by 20,679 votes while state chief of BJP Chandrakant Patil is leading by 11,669 votes in Kothurd. Madhuri Misal, the city unit chief of BJP, is ahead by 7,696 votes in Parvati constituency. NCP's Sunil Tingre, on the other hand, is leading by 8,336 votes in Wadgaon Sheri. NCP's city unit chief Chetan Tupe is leading by 4,614 votes in Hadapsar. Khadakwasla candidate of NCP Sachin Dodke is leading by 3,344 votes.
Independent candidate from Versova, Rajul Patel said, "I didn't expect Congress to progress like this. Baldev Khosa seems to have got votes from Muslim pockets. I am hoping, in the coming rounds, I get a lead. I am scared now".