Maharashtra appeared headed for an alliance government, with trends available in all 288 constituencies indicating that no party will be in a position to form the government on its own, although BJP, riding on the Modi wave, emerged the leader of the pack.

As per trends available after two hours of counting, BJP was leading in 120 constituencies, with former -- and according to some, would-be -- ally Shiv Sena a distant second in 59 seats, Congress in 44 and NCP in 45.