Marking a sharp turnaround from the party’s Lok Sabha performance, Ajit Pawar’s faction won 41 out of total 59 seats it contested.

NCP chief Ajit Pawar wins the battle for Baramati constituency by a huge vote margin. Pawar competed against his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who is backed by NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar.

Defying predictions of his political eclipse, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has consolidated his position in the Mahayuti by guiding his party NCP to a spectacular win and retaining his own seat with a huge margin in the Maharashtra assembly polls.

In the contest between the two rival NCP factions in the Maharashtra assembly elections, the Ajit Pawar-led party defeated the outfit headed by his uncle Sharad Pawar on 29 seats.

This is for the first time that he has not faced the media on an election result day,” says a senior colleague of Pawar as his nephew lays claim to the "real NCP" label.

MUMBAI: Sharad Pawar's self-proclaimed swansong in electoral politics ended in a damp squib with his nephew's NCP winning more than 4x the seats that his own party could muster. In retaliation for Ajit's decision to field his wife against Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule,

Ajit Pawar defeated his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who was endorsed by 83-year-old Sharad Pawar, by a margin of over 1 lakh votes.

Sharad Pawar’s faction may have garnered a higher vote share at 11.29 percent compared to Ajit Pawar’s 9.01 percent, but this support didn’t translate into seats.

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In a clash of NCP factions, Ajit Pawar's party secured a resounding victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections, winning 29 seats directly against his uncle Sharad Pawar's NCP (SP). Ajit Pawar's party won or was leading in 41 out of 59 contested seats,