BJP’s strike rate at 90%; Maharashtra rejects Shiv Sena UBT, NCP SP

Mumbai: BJP on Saturday scored a hat trick of victory in the Maharashtra assembly elections as the party was leading in 133 seats out of 149 seats it contested.

The winning percentage of the saffron party was 90%.

Shiv Sena led by Eknath Shinde was leading in 57 constituencies, 70% of 81 seats it contested.
The strike rate of the NCP led by Ajit Pawar was 69%, as it was leading in 41 of the 59 seats it contested.

Congress’ strike rate was about 15% while Shiv Sena UBT had a strike rate of 21%.

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP) had the worst strike rate of 12%, as it was leading in 13 seats out of the 86 seats it contested.

The counting of votes in the Maharashtra assembly elections began at 8 am Saturday, with all eyes on the outcome of the battle between the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti coalition and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance.

The final turnout in the polls, held on November 20, was 66.05 per cent, up from 61.1 per cent in 2019.

In the ruling Mahayuti alliance, the BJP contested 149 assembly seats, Shiv Sena 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP fielded candidates in 59 constituencies.
In the MVA combine, the Congress fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SP) put up 86 candidates.