In a major embarrassment to the Devendra Fadnavis government, six sitting ministers have lost their seats. And the BJP is not alone, with ministers from the Shiv Sena also being shown the door by voters.

This, despite Shiv Sena projecting itself as a people's voice in the government and on many occasions publicly opposing many of its decisions. The biggest loss was that of the late BJP leader Gopinath Munde's daughter Pankaja, who lost by nearly 30,000 votes followed by the defeat of Dr Anil Bonde who had won the 2014 assembly elections with the largest margin in Amravati district from the Morshi assembly constituency.