Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll Highlights: BJP-led NDA ahead, Uddhav's Shiv Sena may win 9-13

The Indian National Congress (INC) is expected to win 4-6 seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, as predicted by the India TV-CNX Exit Poll. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress only managed to win one seat, while it won two seats in the 2014 parliamentary elections.

The BJP is expected to win 18-22 seats in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, predicted the India TV-CNX Exit Poll. The BJP clinched victory in 23 seats in both the 2019 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Here's a list of the number of seats the parties are expected to win in Maharashtra, as predicted by the India TV-CNX Exit Poll.

• BJP: 18-22
• Shiv Sena (Shinde): 5-7
• NCP (Ajit Pawar): 1-3
• Shiv Sena (UBT): 9-13
• NCP (Sharad Pawar): 4-5
• Congress: 4-6

The India TV-CNX Exit Poll predicted that the Maha Vikas Aghadi may fall short in comparison with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena may win 9-13 seats, while the Sharad Pawar faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) may win 4-5. The Indian National Congress is poised to win 4-6 seats.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is comfortable ahead in Maharashtra, with the BJP likely to win 18-22 seats and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena taking 5-7 seats.

The first prediction for the Lok Sabha Election 2024 in Maharashtra will be out shortly by the India TV-CNX Exit Poll. Can the Shinde-Fadnavis-Ajit Pawar trio trounce the Uddhav Thackeray-Sharad Pawar alliance?

The polls were held in Maharashtra in the first three phases of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. BJP had contested on 24 seats and won 23. Shiv Sena, the BJP ally, had fought on 20 seats and won 18. NCP fought on 21 seats and won four while Congress contested on 26 seats and won two.

The BJP and the Shiv Sena formed an alliance ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra's 48 seats. The BJP contest 25 seats, out of which it won 23, while the Shiv Sena contested 23 seats, out of which it won 18. Congress contested on 25 seats and won 1. AIMIM fielded its candidate on 1 seat and won 1. However, disagreements on power sharing eventually led to Shiv Sena joining the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government.

"NDA will form the government and Narendra Modi is becoming the Prime Minister again. Congress first said they would not participate in the Exit Poll debates but when we said that they have already lost which is why they're not participating, I think they have again decided to take part in exit poll debates but they are bound to loose," said Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant.

Nashik, Palghar, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North and Mumbai South in Maharashtra were the key constituencies in Maharashtra in the fifth phase. BJP's Piyush Goyal, Ujjwal Nikam, Subhash Bhamre, Bharati Pawar  and Kapil Patil were some key candidates. Hemant Godse, Shrikant Shinde, Ravindra Waikar and Rahul Shewale of Shiv Sena and Anil Desai, Anant Geete, Arvind Sawant, Rajan Vichare and Sanjay Dina Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT) are also in the fray. Congress leaders Varsha Gaikwad and Dr Shobha Dinesh Bachhav are also vying to enter the Lok Sabha.  

Nandurbar, Jalna, Aurangabad, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar and Beed are key seats in Maharashtra in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. BJP's Pankaja Munde, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Raksha Nikhil Khadse, Raosaheb Danve, Sujay Vikhe Patil, Congress party's Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar and Dr Kalyan Kale, Sandipanrao Bhumre and Shrirang Barne of Shiv Sena, Chandrakant Khaire and Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure of Shiv Sena (UBT), Amol Kolhe and Bajrang Sonawane of NCP (Sharad Pawar) and Shivajirao Adhalarao Patil of NCP were engaged in a tough contest in Maharashtra in this phase.  

Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Baramati, Hatkanangale, Sangli, Satara, Raigad and Solapur were key seats in Maharashtra in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. BJP's Narayan Rane, Udayanraje Bhosale, Ram Satpute and Ranjit Naik-Nimbalkar were some of the key candidates in this phase. Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane, Sanjay Mandlik of Shiv Sena, Sunetra Pawar and Sunil Tatkare of NCP, Anant Geete, Omprakash Rajenimbalkar and Vinayak Raut of Shiv Sena (UBT), Supriya Sule and Shashikant Shinde of NCP (Sharad Pawar), Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde and Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj of Congress are also in the fray.

Amravati, Nanded, Hingoli and Parbhani were the key constituencies in Maharashtra in the second phase. Navneet Kaur Rana (BJP), Prakash Ambedkar (VBA), Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan (Congress), Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav (Shiv Sena), Mahadev Jankar (RASP), Sanjay Deshmukh (Shiv Sena-UBT) were the key candidates in this phase.

Garhwal and Haridwar in Uttarakhand, Nagpur and Chandrapur were the key constituencies in Maharashtra in the first phase. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and Sudhir Mungantiwar from the BJP and Vikas Pandurang Thakre and Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar from the Congress were the key candidates.

Congress leader Nana Patole exuded confidence that the I.N.D.I.A. bloc will win over 300 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. "Yesterday, Mallikarjun Kharge declared that Rahul Gandhi should become the Prime Minister of the nation... It is also the feeling of the common man that Rahul Gandhi should become the PM of the country," he said.

Maharashtra recorded a voter percentage of 56.89 per cent in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20 - the lowest of all phases. A total of 12 constituencies went for polls in this phase - Dhule (60.21 per cent), Dindori (66.75 per cent), Kalyan (50.12 per cent), Mumbai North (57.02 per cent), Mumbai North Central (51.98 per cent), Mumbai North East (56.37 per cent), Mumbai North West (54.84 per cent), Mumbai South (50.06 per cent), Mumbai South Central (53.60 per cent), Nashik (60.75 per cent), Palghar (63.91 per cent) and Thane (52.09 per cent).

Maharashtra recorded a voter percentage of 62.21 per cent in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 13. A total of 11 constituencies went for polls in this phase - Ahmednagar (66.61 per cent), Aurangabad (63.03 per cent), Beed (70.92 per cent), Jalgaon (58.47 per cent), Jalna (69.18 per cent), Maval (54.87 per cent), Nandurbar (70.68 per cent), Pune (53.54 per cent), Raver (64.28 per cent), Shirdi (63.03 per cent) and Shirur (54.16 per cent).

Maharashtra recorded a voter percentage of 63.55 per cent in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 7. A total of 11 constituencies went for polls in this phase - Baramati (59.50 per cent), Hatkanangale (71.11 per cent), Kolhapur (71.59 per cent), Latur (62.59 per cent), Madha (63.65 per cent), Osmanabad (63.88 per cent), Raigad (60.51 per cent), Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg (62.52 per cent), Sangli (62.27 per cent), Satara (62.27 per cent) and Solapur (63.16 per cent)

Maharashtra recorded a voter percentage of 62.71 per cent in the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 26. Eight constituencies went for polls in this phase - Wardha (64.85 per cent), Akola (61.79 per cent), Amravati (63.67 per cent), Buldhana (62.03 per cent), Hingoli (63.54 per cent), Nanded (60.94 per cent) and Parbhani (62.26 per cent).

Maharashtra recorded a voter percentage of 63.71 per cent in the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections on April 19. Five constituencies went for polls in this phase - Bhandara Gondiya (67.04 per cent), Chandrapur (67.55 per cent), Gadchiroli-Chimur (71.88 per cent), Nagpur (54.32 per cent) and Ramtel (61.01 per cent).

Maharashtra went to polls in the first five phases of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024, starting from April 19 to May 20. The final phase in Maharashtra ended with a voter turnout of 56.89 per cent.

Leaders of the I.N.D.I.A bloc meet on Saturday to discuss their strategy for the counting of votes on June 4. The top brass of all the constuitient parties including Samajwadi Party, CPI-M, CPI, DMK, JMM, AAP, RJD, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Pawar) reached Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi to attend the meeting. However, the TMC and PDP skipped the opposition meet. The meeting is crucial as the seven-phased world's largest electoral exercise comes to an end today and the results are to be declared on June 4.