Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP suffers setback in state, Oppn alliance bags 27 seats

The BJP suffered a setback in the Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra with its tally dwindling by almost half compared to 2019 while the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi of the Congress Shiv Sena UBT and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar was on a roll set to pocket 27 of the 48 seatsThe BJPled NDA in the state appeared falling significantly short of its target of bagging 45plus seats in Maharashtra going by the results and latest trends in counting of votesThe BJP had won five and was leading in five other seats as of 930 pm on Tuesday Its ally Shiv Sena won five and was ahead in two seats The Ajit Pawarled NCP bagged a seat but his wife Sunetra Pawar faced defeat in Baramati from Supriya Sule daughter of Sharad PawarThe Congress won three and was leading in 10 seats Shiv Sena UBT won five and was leading in four seats NCP Sharadchandra Pawar won a seat and was leading in six seatsVishal Patil a Congressmanturnedindependent won the Sangli seat He later said he would abide by any decision the Congress takes about his reentry in the partyIn the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra the BJP won 23 seats while its then ally Shiv Sena undivided bagged 18 The then undivided NCP had bagged four constituencies whereas the Congress could win just one seatThe BJPled NDA had set the bar high this time with a target to win 45 plus constituencies in MaharashtraShiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray said that the INDIA bloc would meet on Wednesday to decide the prime ministerial face for the allianceThackeray said the common man had shown his power in the mandate adding the opposition needed to stake claim to form government at the CentreThe BJPled NDA was trying to portray that they had the numbers to form the next government in the country he saidMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the NDAs performance in the state was due to the Oppositions propaganda that the BJP would change the Constitution after the polls But in elections the peoples mandate has to be accepted as it is We will do deep introspection and will recover our loss in the next assembly election Fadnavis posted on XShiv Senas Ravindra Waikar won the Mumbai North West seat defeating Shiv Sena UBT nominee Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes the smallest margin in the state in the 2024 general electionsIn Nagpur Union minister Nitin Gadkari defeated Congress nominee Vikas Thakre by 137603 votes In Mumbai North Union minister Piyush Goyal of BJP defeated Bhushan Patil of Congress by 356996 votesCongress candidate Varsha Gaikwad won from Mumbai North Central seat She defeated lawyer Ujwal Nikam of BJP by 16514 votes In coastal RatnagiriSindhudurg seat Union minister Narayan Rane of BJP trounced Shiv Sena UBT nominee Vinayak Raut by 47858 votesIn Mumbai South Shiv Sena UBT nominee Arvind Sawant defeated Shiv Senas Yamini Jadhav by 52673 votesIn Mumbai South Central where Shiv Sena UBT headquarters is located that partys Anil Desai defeated Shiv Senas Rahul Shewale by 53384 votesCongress nominee BalwantWankhade defeated BJPs Navneet Rana in Amravati seat by 19731 votesIn Dindori Union minister and BJP candidate Bharati Pawar lost to NCP SP nominee Bhaskar Bhagare by 113199 votesIn Kalyan CM Eknath Shindes son and Shiv Sena nominee Shrikant Shinde defeated Shiv Sena UBT candidate Vaishali DarekarRane by 209144 votesIn Beed BJPs Pankaja Munde was trailing by over 9000 votes to Bajrang Sonawane of NCP SP after 30 rounds of counting of votesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever