BJP, allies get 17; Opposition combine bags 30 of 48 seats

The BJP and allies got 17 seats in Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra with the BJPs tally dwindling by less than half compared to 2019 while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA of Congress Shiv Sena UBT and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar won 30 of the 48 seats reported PTIMaharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 NDA fell significantly shortThe BJPled NDA fell significantly short of its target of bagging 45plus seats in Maharashtra garnering just 17 seatsThe BJP won nine seats a far cry from the 23 it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in the state Its ally Shiv Sena won seven seats Another ally the Ajit Pawarled NCP bagged a seat but his wife Sunetra Pawar faced defeat in Baramati from Supriya Sule daughter of Sharad Pawar reported PTIThe Congress won 13 seats a quantum jump from the solitary seat it won in the state in 2019 while Shiv Sena UBT won nine and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar got eight seatsVishal Patil a Congressmanturnedindependent won the Sangli seat He later said he would abide by any decision the Congress takes about his reentry in the party reported PTIIn the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra the BJP won 23 seats while its then ally Shiv Sena undivided bagged 18 The then undivided NCP had bagged four constituencies whereas the Congress could win just one seatThe BJPled NDA had set the bar high this time with a target to win 45 plus constituencies in MaharashtraMaharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 INDIA bloc would meetShiv Sena UBT president Uddhav Thackeray said the INDIA bloc would meet on Wednesday to decide the prime ministerial face for the alliance reported PTIThackeray said the common man had shown his power in the mandate adding the opposition needed to stake claim to form government at the CentreThe BJPled NDA was trying to portray that they had the numbers to form the next government in the country he saidMaharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 NDAs performance in the state was due to the Oppositions propagandaMaharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the NDAs performance in the state was due to the Oppositions propaganda that the BJP would change the Constitution after the polls reported PTIBut in elections the peoples mandate has to be accepted as it is We will do deep introspection and will recover our loss in the next assembly election Fadnavis posted on XMaharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Ravindra Waikar won the Mumbai North West seatShiv Senas Ravindra Waikar won the Mumbai North West seat defeating Shiv Sena UBT nominee Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes among the smallest margins in the 2024 general electionsIn Nagpur Union minister Nitin Gadkari defeated Congress nominee Vikas Thakre by 137603 votesIn Mumbai North Union minister Piyush Goyal of BJP defeated Bhushan Patil of Congress by 356996 votesCongress candidate Varsha Gaikwad won from Mumbai North Central seat She defeated lawyer Ujjwal Nikam of BJP by 16514 votesIn coastal RatnagiriSindhudurg seat Union minister Narayan Rane of BJP trounced Shiv Sena UBT nominee Vinayak Raut by 47858 votesIn Mumbai South Shiv Sena UBT nominee Arvind Sawant defeated Shiv Senas Yamini Jadhav by 52673 votesIn Mumbai South Central where Shiv Sena UBT headquarters is located that partys Anil Desai defeated Shiv Senas Rahul Shewale by 53384 votesCongress nominee Balwant Wankhade defeated BJPs Navneet Rana in Amravati seat by 19731 votesIn Dindori Union minister and BJP candidate Bharati Pawar lost to NCP SP nominee Bhaskar Bhagare by 113199 votesIn Kalyan CM Eknath Shindes son and Shiv Sena nominee Shrikant Shinde defeated Shiv Sena UBT candidate Vaishali DarekarRane by 209144 votesNCP SP nominee Bajrang Sonawane trounced BJPs Pankaja Munde in Beed in a keenly contested fightWith inputs from PTI