The ruling NDA alliance of BJP, Sena (Shinde camp) and NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) has put up its best-ever performance in Maharashtra with leads and wins combined in over 232 seats, restricting the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance to a score of under 50.

With the counting of votes underway for the Maharashtra assembly polls, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is poised to return to power, going past the halfway mark comfortably. Stay tuned for more updates.

As the Maharashtra Election Results were declared on Saturday, speculations were rife whether the MVA would get the Leader of Opposition status in the Maharashtra Assembly. Here's what to expect:

The BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena ruling alliance - Mahayuti - hit the majority mark of 145 after a flying start and is leading on over 200 seats in early trends. The MVA, meanwhile, is struggling to narrow down the gap and leading on 60 seats.

The counting of votes will be completed in a minimum of 20 rounds in Sisamau and a maximum of 32 rounds in Kundarki, Karhal, Phulpur and Majhawan. A total of 90 candidates are in the fray in the nine assembly constituencies of the by-election,

The BJP and its allies are on track for a significant win in Maharashtra's assembly elections, capturing over three-fourths of the seat

The Mahayuti alliance appears all set to retain Maharashtra for the third consecutive term, while the JMM and team have crossed the halfway mark in Jharkhand.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday alleged 'conspiracy' behind the NDA taking an unassailable lead in the Maharashtra assembly elections. Claiming that the NDA had 'stole seats' in the Lok Sabha elections,

The Mahayuti is en route to a record win in the Maharashtra Assembly election, in which no alliance has ever crossed the magic 200-seat mark. The ruling alliance - led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party factions led by Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar - was ahead in 210 of the state's 288 seats by 10 am,