The Assembly polls results in Jharkhand and Maharashtra

♦ The Assembly polls results in Jharkhand and Maharashtra were announced on 23 November 2024. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led INDIA bloc stormed back to power in Jharkhand. 

♦ In Maharashtra, the Mahayuti coalition of the BJP, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party won 234 of the 288 assembly seats, with the BJP securing 132 alone. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) won 49 seats in the 288-member Assembly.

♦ The majority mark in Maharashtra is 145. Eknath Shinde led Shiv Sena has won 57, Ajit Pawar-led NCP has secured 41 in the elections. Congress has won 16, while NCP Sharad Pawar group has bagged 10, Shiv Sena (UBT) secured 20 seats and others have won 10 seats.

♦ In Jharkhand, the JMM and its allies secured 56 out of the total 81 assembly seats. The NDA was a distant second, winning 24 seats. Ruling JMM has been victorious in 34 seats, while Congress won 16 seats. RJD bagged four seats. BJP got 21 seats, Others have won six seats. 

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