Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its allies were set to return to power in the nation's richest state, television channels reported on Saturday, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing general election.

This year too, Ganesh Naik who fought for the seat from BJP, won the seat with a comfortable vote share of 1.44 lakh with a lead of 91,880 from the rebel candidate of Shinde’s Shiv Sena, Vijay Chougule.

The Maharashtra election results show the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is on course for a landslide victory. Here is the full list of winners so far

If Election Commission trends are to be believed, the BJP-led Mahayuti is likely to win more than 200 seats in the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly.

The counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, which was held three days ago on November 20 in a single phase, is currently underway. With this exercise, the results for all the 288 Assembly segments,

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance has secured a decisive victory in Maharashtra. At the time of this report at about 3.45 pm, the Mahayuti was leading in 217 of the 288 assembly seats, as per the latest Election Commission data.

Today marks a significant day in Indian politics as the results of multiple elections will be announced. In Maharashtra, the question remains whether the Mahayuti alliance will form the government or if the Aghadi coalition will gain momentum.