Mahayuti ‘tsunami’ set to leave Maharashtra Assembly without Leader of Opposition
In the MVA, the Congress had won 10 seats and was leading on five, while Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) won eight seats and was leading on two
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis offer sweets to each other during a press conference as the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secures victory amid the counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI Photo
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The Mahayuti landslide in Maharashtra will leave the state Assembly without a Leader of Opposition as no party outside the ruling alliance has been able to get the mandatory minimum 29 seats.
As per data made available on the Election Commission (EC) website, the Shiv Sena (UBT), part of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), had won 17 seats and was leading on three.
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Results for 220 of the 288 seats had been declared as at 7pm.
As per the EC website, the BJP had won 95 seats and was leading on 38, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena emerged victorious on 44 and was leading on 13. The third constituent of the Mahayuti, the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party, won 35 seats and was leading on six.
In the MVA, the Congress had won 10 seats and was leading on five, while Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP) won eight seats and was leading on two.
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