The ruling Mahayuti secured a landslide victory on Saturday as votes were counted on Saturday. Polls for the 288 seat Maharashtra Assembly was held in a single phase this week.

NCP chief Ajit Pawar has increased the margin of votes between him and trailing NCP-SP candidate Yugendra Pawar to 60,636 votes. Pune election results 2024 LIVE: In a post on social media platform X,

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured decisive victories across Pune's 21 constituencies, with Ajit Pawar's NCP faction emerging as a strong contender in critical seats like Baramati and Hadapsar.

Ajit Pawar, leading a faction of the NCP, secured a significant victory in the recent Maharashtra assembly elections, winning 40 seats compared to his uncle Sharad Pawar's 10. Despite this triumph, Ajit's long-held ambition of becoming Chief Minister remains unfulfilled.

Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, and the NCP offshoot led by Ajit Pawar, have apparently flipped a chunk of seats - over 70 - from their parent parties to the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra election.

PUNE: The passage of time seemed momentarily suspended at Bhigwan Chowk, Baramati's political epicentre as the constituency stepped into a new chapter on Saturday, with Tennyson's words echoing powerfully: "The old order changeth,