Mahayuti Secures Resounding Victory in Maharashtra Legislative Council Elections

In a significant win ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, the ruling Mahayuti alliance clinched all nine seats it contested in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council. The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi faced a setback as a candidate backed by Sharad Pawar's party lost. The BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP made notable gains.

In a morale-boosting victory for 'Mahayuti' in Maharashtra ahead of assembly polls, the ruling alliance on Friday won all the nine seats it contested in the biennial elections to 11 Legislative Council seats, but the opposition MVA faced a setback as a candidate backed by Sharad Pawar's party lost.

In the results announced in the evening for the high-stakes polls held earlier in the day, where 12 candidates were in the fray for 11 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five seats, while Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged two each.

All three parties are constituents of the ruling Mahayuti (grand alliance) which performed poorly in the recent Lok Sabha polls, winning just 17 seats out of the total 48 in Maharashtra.