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
Turnout61.44% (Decrease 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 Decrease17 Decrease7 Increase13
Popular vote 1,41,99,375 90,49,789 92,16,919
Percentage 25.75% 16.41% 16.71%
Swing Decrease2.06% Decrease3.04% Decrease0.53%

  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 Increase2 Steady Steady
Popular vote 87,52,199 7,37,888 12,42,135
Percentage 15.87% 1.34% 2.25%
Swing Decrease2.07% Increase0.41% Decrease0.92%


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.

  1. ^ "Maharashtra Election Date 2019 | Maharashtra Assembly Election 2019 Dates". The Times of India. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. ^ "GENERAL ELECTION TO VIDHAN SABHA TRENDS & RESULT OCT-2019". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.