The BJP-led Mahayuti coloured Maharashtra a vivid saffron on Saturday as it swept aside the MVA for a landslide win while the opposition INDIA bloc retained Jharkhand, voters in both states giving the

According to Election Commission's official figures for 288 seats in Maharahstra Assembly, the BJP-led coalition is leading on over 231 seats, while the Congress-Shiv Sena (UBT)-NCP (SP)'s Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is ahead on around 45 seats.

Winning Jharkhand would have been an icing on the cake for the BJP and it will regret not getting Ranchi, but Maharashtra is the real cake

The BJP-led Mahayuti painted Maharashtra a vivid saffron on Saturday, sweeping aside the MVA in a landslide victory, while the opposition INDIA bloc retained power in Jharkhand. In both states, voters gave a resounding endorsement to the incumbent parties.

Maharashtra powered the opposition's sprightly performance in the Lok Sabha polls but the BJP-led coalition's decimation of the INDIA bloc in the assembly polls will put an end to any murmur about the ruling party's popular sway,

The Mahayuti alliance, comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and Congress, hopes to retain power in Maharashtra. The Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi, also comprising Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (S

AM, early trends in the Maharashtra Assembly elections show the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance taking the lead over the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). In the Mahayuti camp, the BJP is ahead in 19 seats.