2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

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All 288 seats to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly 145 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	61.44% ( 1.94%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Devendra Fadnavis Uddhav Thackeray Ajit Pawar Party BJP SHS NCP Alliance NDA NDA UPA Leader's seat Nagpur South West Did not Contest Baramati Last election 122 63 41 Seats won 105 56 54 Seat change 17 7 13 Popular vote 1,41,99,375 90,49,789 92,16,919 Percentage 25.75% 16.41% 16.71% Swing 2.06% 3.04% 0.53%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Balasaheb Thorat Waris Pathan Raj Thackeray Party INC AIMIM MNS Alliance UPA Leader's seat Sangamner Byculla (lost) Did not contest Last election 42 2 1 Seats won 44 2 1 Seat change 2 Popular vote 87,52,199 7,37,888 12,42,135 Percentage 15.87% 1.34% 2.25% Swing 2.07% 0.41% 0.92%
All Party Results Seats Won by the Bharatiya Janata Party Seats won by the Shiv Sena Seats won by the NCP Seats won by the INC
Structure of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Devendra Fadnavis BJP Elected Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray SHS

The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.^[1] After a 61.4% turnout in the election, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena (SHS) won a majority.^[2] Following differences over the government formation, the alliance was dissolved, precipitating a political crisis.

Since a council of ministers had not been formed after no party could manage to form the government, President's rule was imposed in the state. On 23 November 2019, Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the Chief Minister and Ajit Pawar was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister. However, both resigned on 26 November 2019 before the floor test and on 28 November 2019, Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress formed the government under a new alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), with Uddhav Thackeray as the Chief Minister.

On 29 June 2022, Uddhav Thackeray resigned as Chief Minister after a faction of MLAs led by Eknath Shinde split from Shiv Sena and allied with the BJP. Subsequently, Eknath Shinde was sworn in as Chief Minister and Devendra Fadnavis as the deputy Chief minister.