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.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde celebrated Mahayuti's performance with party workers at his official residence Varsha. Celebrations began in Jharkhand also where JMM and allies are set to win the assembly polls.

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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,

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 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.

The Mahayuti alliance appears all set to retain Maharashtra for the third consecutive term, while the JMM and team have crossed the halfway mark in Jharkhand.

Eknath Shinde does not want to appear to be renouncing his position at this time, as more seats do not imply that the chief minister will come from that party. His position is that, for the time being,

The JMM-led INDIA bloc was ahead in 50 out of the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand, while the NDA was leading in 30, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday. Vote counting began at 8 AM,