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Maharashtra elects 93% crorepati MLAs, 62% with criminal background

After emerging as the largest party in the assembly elections, the BJP is now looking forward to forming the government in the state with the support of its ally Shiv Sena which is demanding an equal share in power.

October 29, 2019 / 13:07 IST
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In the just-concluded polls to 288-member Assembly, the people of Maharashtra elected 161 candidates from the BJP-Shiv Sena, 98 from Congress-NCP and 29 from others and independent candidates.

Going party-wise, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 105 seats, a loss of 17 seats compared to its 2014 tally. The Shiv Sena's tally also came down to 56 seats from 63 in 2014. A resurgent Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 54, while its ally Congress bagged 44 seats.

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For the 288 seats, a total of 3,237 candidates had fought the ballot battle.

After emerging as the largest party in the assembly elections, the BJP is now looking forward to forming the government in the state with the support of its ally Shiv Sena, which is demanding an equal share in power. The Uddhav Thackeray-led party is pushing to share the power in the state equally and the two saffron parties occupying the chief minister's post on a rotational basis.