Maharashtra: Pollsters Indicate Mahayuti Poised to Return to Power

The exit polls by most of the agencies on Wednesday predicted an edge for the ruling Mahayuti in Maharashtra, giving it a clear majority in the 288-member Assembly.

The results of the voting held on Wednesday are scheduled to be declared on November 23, but most of the pollsters said that the BJP-Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)-NCP (Ajit Pawar) combine may not find it difficult to cross the majority mark of 145 in the Maharashtra Assembly.

The ruling Mahayuti is likely to win 150-170 seats in the 288 constituencies with a vote share of 48 per cent, according to Matrize Exit Poll. It estimated that it gave Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) 110-130 seats with a vote share of 42 per cent. It said others may win 8-10 seats.

The ruling Mahayuti may get 150-167 seats as opposed to 107-125 by the MVA, said the pollster of Times Now-JVC. It gave 13-14 seats to others.
Mahayuti might win 137-157 seats in the western state, said P-Marq pollster. As much as 126-146 seats the MVA might get according to this pollster. It gave 2-8 seats to others.

The News 24-Chanakya exit poll gave 152-160 to Mahayuti and 130-138 to MVA and 6-8 to others.

The Lokshahi Marathi-Rudra exit poll gave 128-142 to Mahayuti and 125-140 to MVA while others were given 18-23.
Dainik Bhaskar's exit poll predicted a majority in the hands of MVA with 135-150 seats and Mahayuti was given 125-140. Others 20-25 seats were given to them.

Chanakya Strategies exit poll went with the majority finding, predicting a Mahayuti victory with 152-160 seats as compared to 130-138 of MVA. It gave 6-8 seats to others.

An exit poll by People's Pulse gave an overwhelming majority of 182 seats to Mahayuti as compared to 97 seats of MVA. It gave nine seats to others.

The counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly election will be taken up on November 23, deciding the fate of 4,136 candidates, including 2,086 Independents, who are contesting for 288 seats.