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The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. [1] After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority. [2]
The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections were held on 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The turnout for the election was 66.05%, the highest since 1995. The BJP-led Maha Yuti alliance won a landslide victory, winning 235 seats.
Shivsena and BJP split from their alliance. Shiv Sena formed post-poll alliance with the Congress-NCP thus gaining majorit of 172. The new alliance was named Maha Vikas Aghadi. Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray was sworn is as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. BJP became the principal opposition party in Maharashtra. [2]
Individually BJP won 105 and SHS won 56 seats. The Opposition INC-NCP Alliance with 106 seats did not reach the majority mark. Individually INC won 44 and NCP won 54 seats. After the declaration of election results, Shiv Sena declined to support the BJP to form the government, demanding an equal share in power which was promised by BJP.
The two alliances remained intact for the Legislative Assembly elections in October 2019.The BJP and Shiv Sena gained the majority of seats in the Assembly but could not form a government due to squabbles between the two parties.The BJP–Shiv Sena alliance ended in early November 2019, with Shiv Sena subsequently forming a new partnership with ...
Bharatiya Janata Party, Maharashtra (or BJP Maharashtra) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Indian state of Maharashtra The headquarters is located in Mumbai. The BJP came into being after a split from the Janata party. The prominent members of BJP had been the part of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee.
The two formed a government in Maharashtra between 1995 and 1999. [41] The Sena was the opposition party in the state along with the BJP from 1999 to 2014. However, the 25 year alliance with the BJP was threatened in 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections over seat sharing and both contested the election independently. [41]
In February 2019, BJP and Shiv Sena again announced alliance with 25 seats for BJP and 23 for Shiv Sena. [2] In March 2019, Congress and NCP also announced their alliance with each contesting 26 and 22 seats respectively. Of the 26 seats of INC, 1 seat each would be given to Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) and Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana (SSS ...