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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
TopicMaharashtra Assembly Election Results

Topic: Maharashtra Assembly Election Results

Big strategies gave big results to Mahayuti in Maharashtra—and the story is far from over

The multiplier effect of various factors and strategies ensured bigger-than-expected results for Mahayuti. But this historic win has also underlined the limitations of morality in politics.

Nanded paradox: Same voters, same voting day, but MVA wins LS fight while Mahayuti bags assembly seats

While Congress has questioned poll process & varying voter preferences in bypoll & assembly elections held on same day, BJP functionary says ‘sympathy factor involved’ in MVA win in LS seat.

After 132-seat jackpot in Maharashtra, BJP looks beyond coalition dharma. Fadnavis is no.1 in CM race

BJP's Amit Shah set to head a meeting with Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP in the national capital to make final decision on who gets the top post.

Despite aggressive run & 200 candidates, Prakash Ambedkar’s VBA fails to make a dent in Maharashtra polls

The party wished to build a third front against Mahayuti & MVA, but has been unable to secure a single assembly win for the second straight time.

Kingmaker dreams crushed, Owaisi’s AIMIM narrows Maharashtra footprint

AIMIM wins just one seat, Muslim-dominated Malegaon Central, and that too by a razor-thin margin of just 162 votes. It had won both this seat and Dhule City in 2019.

After Haryana, RSS took charge of Maharashtra, Jharkhand. What results say about the Sangh factor for BJP

Unlike LS polls, RSS & BJP worked ‘tirelessly’ in Maharashtra & Jharkhand. While the BJP-led Mahayuti put on a solid show in Maharashtra, the party fell short in the other.

As Ajit Pawar’s NCP cements dominance, what lies ahead for Sharad Pawar & his party

The MVA’s debilitating loss and within that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP)'s poor performance raises a question: What is the party's future considering he is at a ripe age of 83 years?

From 13 to 0 in 15 years: Raj Thackeray’s MNS hits new low, hurts Shinde in Mumbai

Party fails to get a single MLA elected in Maharashtra Assembly for first time since its formation in 2006. It contested from 128 seats, of which 26 were in Mumbai.

Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan fails to deliver for BJP again as Congress ekes out win in Nanded

However, there were also two victories in the assembly polls that could help salvage Ashok Chavan's prestige: his daughter's win in Bhokar and his protege's success in Deglur.

In Maharashtra, both national parties set records—BJP its best ever tally, Congress its worst ever

Of the 74 seats where Congress & BJP faced off directly, the former was able win only in seven. Congress leaders blame faltering response to Ladki Bahin scheme, candidate selection.

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Bads of Bollywood can’t get more brazenly nepo. The joke’s on us

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.