Shinde and Fadnavis lead winners' pack Cong stalwarts Prithviraj Chavan Balasaheb Thorat bite dust

Mumbai, Nov 23 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shine of Shiv Sena and his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar from BJP and NCP, respectively, are among the prominent candidates to win the assembly elections, results of which were declared on Saturday.
    All ministers of the Mahayuti, who were in the fray, won.
    Mumbai BJP chief Ashish Shelar, and state BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule also emerged victorious.
    Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Aaditya Thackeray and Varun Sardesai won from Mumbai. Sardesai defeated NCP candidate Zeeshan Siddique from the Vandre East constituency.
    Former Maharashtra CM and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, Congress Legislature Party leader Balasaheb Thorat, AICC incharge of Goa, Manikrao Thakre, Shiv Sena contestant Shaina NC and MNS debutant candidate Amit Thackeray bit the dust.
    Former Union minister minister Milind Deora was defeated by Aaditya Thackeray from Worli seat.
    NCP (SP) nominee Yugendra Pawar, grandnephew of Sharad Pawar, was trounced by Ajit Pawar in the Baramati constituency.
    In Nashik district, Independent candidate Sameer Bhujbal, who had quit the NCP to contest from Nandgaon seat, lost to Shiv Sena candidate.
    Among debutants, Sreejaya Chavan, daughter of ex-CM Ashok Chavan, won on the BJP ticket from Bhokar seat in Nanded district.
    The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance retained power, pocketing a whopping 230 of the 288 assembly seats, as the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi’s dream of wresting power fizzled, with the opposition combine managing to garner just 46 seats.
    The Election Commission announced that the BJP has won 132 seats, the Shiv Sena won 57, while the NCP got 41 seats.

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