The ruling Mahayuti is poised to retain power in Maharashtra, with the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) also putting up a strong show in assembly polls, exit polls predicted on Wednesday after the conclusion of polling on 288 seats in the state.
According to the Republic TV-PMARQ exit poll, the Mahayuti alliance could win 137-157 seats, whereas the Maha Vikas Aghadi could get 126-147 seats, and others 2-8 seats.
Mahayuti includes BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi includes Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SP).
The Matrize exit poll projected 150-170 seats for the Mahayuti alliance and 110-130 seats for Maha Vikas Aghadi. It said others could get 8-10 seats.
Today’s Chanakya projected that Mahayuti will win 152-150 seats, MVA 130-138 seats, and others 6-8 seats.
‘Peoples Pulse’ projected Mahayuti scoring a decisive victory by getting 175-195 seats. It said Maha Vikas Aghadi is poised to get 85-112 seats and ‘others’ winning 7-12 seats.
The majority mark in the Maharashtra assembly is 145, and the range of Republic TV-PMARQ prediction suggested that even MVA could cross the mark.
Maharashtra polled 58.22 per cent votes till 5 pm on Wednesday.
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The elections saw a keen contest between Mahayuti and MVA. It was the first assembly poll in the state after splits in Shiv Sena and NCP.
