Of the six major parties in the fray in these Maharashtra elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) had contested the greatest number of seats in Mumbai, 22.

Kalidas Kolambkar of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the Wadala assembly seat in a first win for the party.

On the other hand, the Uddhav Thackeray-led UBT has won 20 seats while the Congress is reduced to 16 and the NCP to 10 seats. It is followed by Samajwadi Party (2), Jan Surajya Shakti (2), Rashtriya Yuva Swabhimani Party (1), Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (1), AIMIM (1), CPI (M) (1), PWP (1), Rajarshi Shahu Vikas Aghadi (1) and Independents (2).

Maharashtra elections set stage for six-way fight between Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi, fate of Shiv Sena and NCP post-polls hangs in balance.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its allies were set to return to power in the nation's richest state, television channels reported on Saturday, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing general election.

The vote counting for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections began at 8 AM on Saturday, November 23. Maharashtra held a single-phase election across all 288 seats, while Jharkhand, with 81 seats,

In the Maharashtra 2024 assembly elections, the Mahayuti alliance comprising BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), and Ajit Pawar's NCP emerged victorious. In opposition stood Maha Vikas Aghadi, which included Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena.