Mahayuti Wins Big In Maharashtra MLC Polls, Bags 9 Of 11 Seats On Offer

The Mahayuti alliance registered a big victory in the Maharashtra legislative council polls. The Mahayuti alliance, consisting of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, the NCP of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and the BJP had fielded nine candidates for 11 seats and won all nine.

Five BJP leaders and two each from Shiv Sena (Shinde) faction and NCP (Ajit Pawar) registered victory in the biennial elections for 11 council seats held on Friday.

BJP leader Pankaja Munde, Parinay Phuke, and Yogesh Tilekar bagged 26 votes each, the threshold for victory is 23. Two from the NCP (Ajit Pawar) party, Rajesh Vitekar and Shivajirao Garje and Shinde Sena’s Bhavana Gawli were also declared winners.

BJP leader Amit Malviya took to microblogging site X and wrote, “The NDA had fielded nine MLC candidates in Maharashtra. All have won. BJP (5), Shiv Sena (2), NCP (2). I.N.D.I Alliance’s performance was sub-optimal with Congress and UBT winning one seat each and NCP (SP)’s candidate losing the contest. Good news this is.”

BJP national president JP Nadda also congratulated all the leaders of the NDA for registering this landslide victory in the Maharashtra MLC election.

“Heartiest congratulations to all the leaders of the NDA for registering this landslide victory in the Maharashtra MLC election. I’m certain that under the guidance of Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji, you all will contribute significantly to nation-building. Your experience in public service will accelerate our efforts towards advancing both the state and the nation towards the envisioned ‘Viksit Maharashtra’ and ‘Viksit Bharat’,” Nadda wrote in an X post.

Eleven MLCs are completing their six-year term on July 27. The 288-member legislative assembly is the electoral college for the polls and its current strength is 274.