Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine wins the Maharashtra Assembly Election with 161 seats

Note: This story is correct as of 09:13 IST

1. The Seatshare Story

The NDA swept to power in Maharashtra, securing a majority and winning 161 seats: 16 more seats than the 145 required to form a government.

NDA won 161 of the total 288 seats - a fall of 24 seats from the 2014 election. UPA came in second: it won 98 seats, an increase of 15 from the previous election. In a change from the previous election, Shiv Sena joined the NDA alliance, and Nationalist Congress Party joined the UPA alliance.

2. The Voteshare Story

BJP's voteshare was 25.7%, a fall of 2.1% from the previous election. Others had 25.3% voteshare: an increase of 7.6% from the previous election. NCP had 16.7% voteshare: a fall of 0.5% from the previous election. Shiv Sena had 16.4% voteshare: a fall of 2.9% from the previous election. Congress had 15.9% voteshare: a fall of 2.1% from the previous election.

3. The Rural-Urban Divide

NDA performed much better in urban areas compared to rural areas. It secured 46.2% of the urban vote, compared to 40.4% of the rural vote. This translated to 74 out of 99 urban seats and 87 out of 189 rural seats.

4. The Regional Story

There was significant regional variation in election results in Maharashtra. The NDA did particularly well in Mumbai, winning 30/36 of the seats. In comparison, the region of Western Maharashtra saw a relatively more competitive race. Here, the NDA won 25/70 of the seats.

The regional breakdown of seats is shown in the tables below, sorted by the strongest to weakest areas of the NDA.

region	Total Seats	NDA Seats	UPA Seats	Others Seats
Mumbai	36	30	5	1
Thane Konkan	39	26	5	8
Marathwada	46	28	16	2
North Maharashtra	35	19	12	4
Vidarbha	62	33	21	8
Western Maharashtra	70	25	39	6

Additionally, the regional breakdown of voteshare is shown in the tables below.

region	NDA Vote%	UPA Vote%	Others Vote%
Mumbai	50.7	24.8	24.5
Thane Konkan	48.2	19.2	32.6
Marathwada	40.8	34.5	24.7
North Maharashtra	41.8	34.8	23.4
Vidarbha	39.1	32.8	28.1
Western Maharashtra	40.0	39.1	20.9