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Mahayuti Leads, MVA Close: Exit Polls

Exit poll predicts Mahayuti alliance winning 137-157 seats, Maha Vikas Aghadi 126-147 seats, and others 2-8 seats.

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Mahayuti Leads, MVA Close: Exit Polls

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.

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