Maharashtra Legislative Council Results: BJP-led Mahayuti wins 10 seats; MVA draws blank

In the Dharashiv Local Authority constituency Legislative Council election, Mahayuti-backed BJP candidate Basavaraj Patil secured a decisive victory. He received a total of 845 votes, while 14 votes were declared invalid during the counting process.

Following the announcement of results, BJP and Mahayuti workers celebrated the win with enthusiasm.

11 seats where counting is underway are: Solapur, Jalgaon, Sangli-Satara, Nanded, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondia, Nashik, Amravati, Dharashiv–Latur–Beed, Parbhani–Hingoli, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar–Jalna. 

Thane: Ravindra Phatak (Shiv Sena)
Yavatmal: Dushyant Chaturvedi (Shiv Sena) 
Raigad–Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg: Aniket Tatkare (Nationalist Congress Party) 
Pune: Vikram Kakade (Nationalist Congress Party) 
Wardha–Gadchiroli–Chandrapur: Arun Lakhani (BJP) 
Ahilyanagar: Prajakta Tanpure (BJP) 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Suhas Shirsat has won the Aurangabad–Jalna Legislative Council election, securing a key victory in the Maharashtra local authority constituency. 

In the Nagpur constituency, Rajiv Potdar of the BJP has secured a victory by defeating Atul Londhe. The counting process continues for other constituencies as more results are expected.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered victories in both Bhandara and Nanded. In the Bhandara-Gondia Legislative Council election, BJP candidate Avinash Brahmankar won with 304 votes, defeating independent candidate Naresh Ishwarkar, who secured 152 votes. In Nanded as well, BJP candidate Amarnath Rajurkar emerged victorious.

BJP candidate Rajendra Raut is currently leading in the Legislative Council election in Solapur. According to initial reports, Rajendra Raut has secured 107 votes, while Vasant Deshmukh from the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction has received 27 votes.

The key point of contention in the counting process is over 16 votes, with debate ongoing regarding whether they should be considered valid or invalid, which could influence the final outcome.

The elections for these seats were held on June 18, recording an impressive average voter turnout of 99.02 per cent.

Seats where counting is underway include, Nagpur, Amravati, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly Aurangabad-Jalna), Jalgaon, Sangli, Satara, Nanded, Dharashiv (formerly Osmanabad-Latur), Beed, Parbhani, Hingoli, Nashik, and Solapur.

The counting of votes on 11 MLC seats in Maharashtra is underway. Six candidates from the Mahayuti alliance were elected unopposed.