Maharashtra Assembly Elections Result 2024: The impact of Maharashtra assembly election results will also be seen on national politics. The results of the assembly elections are going to affect national politics in many ways. The BJP-led Mahayuti is winning the assembly elections in Maharashtra, while the Congress's Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has been wiped out.

The Mahayuti is leading in 230 of the 288 assembly seats, and the MVA in just 51. The BJP is leading in 132 of the 149 seats it contested, an astonishing strike rate of 89%. Here is a look at seven big results that are set to emerge from the vast and diverse laboratory of Maharashtra. The battle here was the biggest after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and was close to the BJP’s Haryana coup.

will decide the fate of reforms including the Waqf bill

The Lok Sabha elections saw the BJP return to power for a historic third time, albeit with reduced numbers. The BJP is running the government with the help of its NDA allies. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has shown no signs of weakness on the reform front and has expanded the Ayushman Bharat medical insurance cover, and introduced a joint pension scheme.

Hindu integration with 'One is safe'

The BJP suffered a crushing defeat in the Lok Sabha elections. While Muslim votes collectively went to the opposition parties, the Congress campaign around the caste census took away votes from the BJP. In both the 2014 and 2019 general elections, the BJP managed to get votes from all castes and communities, which did not happen in 2024.

BJP ahead in direct fight with Congress

The Congress's defeat in Maharashtra also shows how it lost in a direct fight with the BJP. Most of the curiosity was about the results of 76 seats in Maharashtra, where there was a face-off between the two. Of these, 36 were in Vidarbha, a region that the BJP-led Mahayuti has won.

Congress loses in talks with allies.

The knives were already out for the Congress in the Indian camp after the humiliating setback in Haryana. With the party's defeat in the Maharashtra election, its alliance partners will now twist the knife. The Congress' strike rate in Maharashtra, where it contested 101 seats and is leading in 19, was an abysmal 19%. In Haryana, the Congress did not take along its Indian ally, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

A mix of populist schemes and infra-push

Big infrastructure projects were also at stake in Maharashtra. The Congress-led MVA was trying to woo voters by promising cash handouts. This also forced the Mahayuti to promise higher cash guarantees, including the flagship Ladki Behen Yojana. What the NDA partners got right amid the battle for electoral concessions was the right mix of infrastructure development.