Maharashtra-specific opinion polls have a shocking revelation for Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).  ABP-C Voter and TV-9, Polstrat, People's Insight opinion polls say that Ajit Pawar's NCP will not be able to open its account. It should be a cause of concern for Ajit who had left his uncle Sharad Pawar to be part of the Shinde-Fadnavis government last year.

Subsequently, the nephew managed to claim NCP's ownership, the party's original name and election symbol. But surveys indicate that sympathy for Sharad Pawar will work as NCP (SP) is shown winning five seats (one more than 2019), mostly in western Maharashtra, where the BJP had made inroads.