The BJP is set to win 23 seats in Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena is expected to bag 18 seats, while the NCP is ahead in 4 parliamentary constituencies. AIMIM won one seat, while the Congress party was leading on just one seat.
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Maharashtra General Election Results 2019: BJP Secures Lead on 23 Seats, Shiv Sena 18, NCP 4
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23 May, 20:10 (IST)
The BJP has won 2 seats and is leading on 21 other seats. BJP's ally Shiv Sena is ahead in 18 constituencies, whereas the NCP is leading on 4 seats.
23 May, 14:43 (IST)
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has maintained its lead on 41 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, whereas the Congress-NCP combine could get lead on 5 seats. AIMIM's Imtiyaz Jaleel is leading on one seat.
23 May, 11:42 (IST)
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has now secured a lead on 43 seats, whereas the Congress-NCP combine could maintain its lead on just 4 seats.
23 May, 10:53 (IST)
The BJP-Shiv Sena has extended its lead to 41 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra. The Congress party is trailing in all 48 constituencies.
23 May, 10:00 (IST)
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance has extended its lead to 40 out of 48 Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra. The Congress-NCP combine has secured a lead on 6 seats.
23 May, 09:06 (IST)
As per early trends, the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is leading on 30 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, whereas the Congress-NCP is ahead in 17 constituencies.
23 May, 08:54 (IST)
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is leading from Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra.
23 May, 08:41 (IST)
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is ahead in 19 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, whereas the Congress-NCP combine is leading on 9 seats.
23 May, 08:32 (IST)
The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is leading on 15 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, whereas the Congress-NCP combine is ahead in 9 constituencies.
23 May, 08:17 (IST)
The BJP is leading on 10 seats in Maharashtra, while the Congress party is ahead in just one constituency.
23 May, 08:13 (IST)
The BJP has secured the early lead on three seats in Maharashtra. The Congress is yet to get a lead on any seat. Stay here for live updates.
23 May, 08:03 (IST)
Counting of votes for the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections results has begun. Stay here to catch live updates on early trends.
Mumbai, May 23: The results of elections to 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be declared today. The counting of votes for the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections results has begun. For Maharashtra's 48 Lok Sabha seats, the electoral contest is between the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and the Congress-NCP-led coalition. Catch live updates on the Lok Sabha elections results of Maharashtra and list of winning candidates here. Lok Sabha elections results 2019: Live updates here.
The general elections were held in four phases from April 11 to April 29 in Maharashtra. Before the state went to polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena buried their hatchet and announced to contest elections together. Of 48 seats, the BJP contested 25 seats, while the Shiv Sena fought from 23 constituencies. The Congress party joined hands with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to contest polls and brought several regional parties under one roof against the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance.
Maharashtra General Election Results 2019 by Election Commission:
As per the seat-sharing agreement, the Congress contested 24 seats, while the NCP fielded candidates on 20 seats. Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana (SSS) got two seats, while Bahujan Vikas Aghadi and Yuva Swabhimani Paksha one each. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP, Shiv Sena and Swabhiman Paksha won 23, 18 and one seat respectively, bringing NDA tally to 42. The Congress party had bagged only two seats and NCP just four.
The exit polls released on Sunday predicted a thumping victory for the BJP-Shiv Sena combine in Maharashtra. According to the IANS-CVOTER exit poll, the ruling alliance is likely to win 34 seats. The Congress-NCP led coalition is projected to win 14 seats. The exit poll conducted by News19-IPSOS predicted 42-45 seats for the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance and 4-6 seats of the Congress-NCP combine.
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