Maharashtra Assembly Results 2024 | Who is leading in the NCP battle?
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Maharashtra election results 2024: who is winning in Assembly poll battles where NCP factions are facing each other?
Results have begun to emerge in the battle for the Maharashtra Assembly, where the Maha Vikas Aghadi and Mahyuti coalitions have staked their claims to 288 seats. Trends indicate a clear victory for the Mahayuti coalition, which consists of the BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction).
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For the two factions of the NCP, this is also a battle for the legacy of the party. Ajit Pawar’s faction has retained the party name and its election symbol, the clock, while the other faction has been named Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) and contested polls under a man blowing trumpet (turha) symbol.
The two factions are battling in 36 seats, 20 of these in the State’s sugar belt, which has been an NCP bastion since the party’s inception. Ajit Pawar’s faction is largely emerging on top in the NCP vs NCP battles. Of these, the battle for Baramati is the most closely-watched one, with Ajit Pawar facing his own nephew Yugendra Pawar.
Overall, trends show NCP leading in 40 seats and NCP SP in 11 seats across the State.
Baramati: Ajit Pawar vs Yugendra Pawar
Ajit Pawar is leading by around 67,000 votes over his nephew Yugendra Pawar, who belongs to the NCP-SP faction.
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