The Mahayuti alliance appears all set to retain Maharashtra for the third consecutive term, while the JMM and team have crossed the halfway mark in Jharkhand.

Results are pending for Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections. Maharashtra saw a voter turnout of 66.05% with Mahayuti and MVA alliances competing fiercely. Jharkhand’s first phase involved 43 out of 81 seats,

Latest tally . By 8 pm on Saturday, November 23, the Bharatiya Janata Party-headed Mahayuti alliance was set to win the race with a land

As per the early trends, BJP's Devendra Fadnavis was leading from Nagpur South West, Vijay Vadettiwar is leading from Chandrapur Brahmapuri, and Nana Padole, state president of Congress, is leading from Sakoli.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its allies were set to return to power in the nation's richest state, television channels reported on Saturday, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing general election.

Here are the key takeaways from the Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly election results. In Maharashtra, the ruling alliance's final tally was 235. The MVA won 49 seats. The BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 132 seats.

The BJP-led Mahayuti painted Maharashtra a vivid saffron on Saturday, sweeping aside the MVA in a landslide victory, while the opposition INDIA bloc retained power in Jharkhand. In both states, voters gave a resounding endorsement to the incumbent parties.

Winning Jharkhand would have been an icing on the cake for the BJP and it will regret not getting Ranchi, but Maharashtra is the real cake