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Maharashtra is poised for a neck-and-neck contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the INDIA bloc in the Lok Sabha elections, as per the ABP-CVoter exit poll results for 2024.
The poll predicts that the NDA may secure between 22 and 26 seats with a vote share of 45.3%, while the INDIA bloc is likely to win between 23 and 25 seats with a vote share of 44%. The poll also suggests that others are likely to garner a 10.7% vote share in the state.
In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the NDA won 42 seats in Maharashtra, while the alliance bagged 41 seats in 2019. This time, the BJP-led NDA is set to face a tough fight from the opposition's INDIA bloc.
The 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra went to polls in four phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, and May 13. Votes will be counted on June 4.
Some key candidates contesting the election include two Union ministers belonging to the BJP—Piyush Goyal from Mumbai-North and Nitin Gadkari from Nagpur, Congress’ Varsha Gaikwad from Mumbai North Central, BJP’s Pankaja Munde from Beed, and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule from Baramati, among others.
In the 2019 general elections, the BJP had won 23 Lok Sabha seats in the state, its alliance partner Shiv Sena (which was then undivided) won 18 seats, NCP (undivided) won four, and Congress and AIMIM each won a seat. An independent candidate won one seat.
Source: CVoter Maharashtra exit poll result 2024: Tough battle between NDA, INDIA bloc