Yesterday the counting of votes for the maharashtra assembly elections was held on saturday (November 23), the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has got a great lead. According to the latest data of the election commission, with a lead of 229 seats out of 288 assembly seats, the Mahayuti is moving towards retaining power in the state. After the certainty of the election results, everyone's attention is now focused on bjp leader devendra fadnavis, who is considered the architect of his party's spectacular victory.
Will devendra fadnavis become CM?
There are strong reports in political circles that the second Brahmin chief minister of the state will hold this post for the third time. manohar joshi was the first Brahmin chief minister of Maharashtra. According to the election commission data, bjp has so far won 51 seats and is leading on 81, shiv sena has won 24 seats and is leading on 32 seats, while ncp has won 23 seats and is leading on 18 seats.
MVA falters in Maharashtra
In MVA, sharad pawar faction's ncp (SP) has won 5 seats while leading on 5. congress has won 5 and is leading on 11 seats. At the same time, shiv sena (Uddhav balasaheb Thackeray) has won 10 seats and is leading on 10 seats. Voting for maharashtra assembly elections was held on 20 November. The opposition Mahavikas Aghadi (MVA) seems to be faltering. While many of its leaders had made claims of defeating the Mahayuti till saturday morning. The winners also included BJP's Kalidas Kolambar, who defeated shiv sena (UBT)'s Shraddha Jadhav in the Wadala constituency by 24,973 votes after 16 rounds of counting to become an mla for the ninth consecutive time.
amit shah congratulates Devendra Fadnavis
Union home minister and senior bjp leader amit shah called devendra fadnavis and congratulated him for the party's excellent performance in the maharashtra assembly elections. Sources close to fadnavis said that amit shah called him and congratulated him for the party's strong performance in the elections. Devendra Fadnavis' mother Sarita fadnavis also expressed happiness over the performance of the Mahayuti. She said, "I never believed any rumours and knew that he (Devendra) would do well. The credit for the party's success can be given to the chief minister Manjhi Ladki Behen Yojana and Devendra's efforts and popularity. He is very intelligent, smart and courageous and that is why he has got this success."
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