It’s been a day of dominance for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP troika trumped the Maha Vikas Aghadi of NCP(SP)-Shiv Sena(UBT)-Congress, registering a landslide win with leads in over 230 seats. (Image: PTI)
This was also an election of many debutantes. From Amit Thackeray’s challenging debut in Mahim to Rohit Patil’s decisive win in Tasgaon Kavathe Mahankal, and Sana Malik’s commanding victory in Anushakti Nagar, the polls have spotlighted both emerging leaders and dynastic heirs. (Image: Sana Malik/Instagram)
Amit Thackeray: In the Mahim seat, Amit Thackeray, the son of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, faced a challenging debut in his maiden electoral contest and ended in third place. The seat saw a fierce three-way battle between the Shinde Sena, Sena (UBT), and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Mahesh Sawant of Sena (UBT) has won the seat. (Image: Amit Thackeray/Facebook)
Rohit Patil: Rohit Patil, the son of the late NCP leader R R Patil, has won the Tasgaon Kavathe Mahankal Assembly seat. Contesting on the NCP (SP) ticket, Rohit secured a significant win with over 1.28 lakh votes. The 25-year-old is the youngest candidate in the Maharashtra Assembly. (Image: Rohit Patil/Instagram)
Rahul Awade: BJP’s Rahul Awade, the son of veteran politician Prakash Awade, has won Maharashtra’s Ichalkaranji seat with a significant 1.31 lakh votes. (Image: Instagram)
Kedar Dighe: Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Kedar Dighe, the nephew of late Sena leader Anand Dighe, lost to Shiv Sena leader and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde by a margin of over 1.20 lakh votes in the Kopri-Pachpakhadi seat. (Image: Instagram)
Amar Patil: Amar Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT), the son of former MLA Ratikant Patil, is trailing in the Solapur South seat. Contesting against BJP’s Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra, Amar Patil is behind by a margin of nearly 77,000 votes. (Image: Instagram)
Varun Sardesai: Varun Sardesai, the nephew of Uddhav Thackeray and a candidate from Shiv Sena (UBT), won the Vandre East constituency. Sardesai won by a margin of over 11,000 votes against his rival Zeeshan Siddique, the son of the recently assassinated Baba Siddique. (Image: Instagram)
Amol Patil: Shiv Sena’s Amol Patil, son of sitting MLA Chimanrao Patil, is leading decisively in the Erandol constituency with a commanding lead of over 1 lakh votes. (Image: Amol Patil/X)
Sanjana Jadhav: Shiv Sena’s Sanjana Jadhav, former MP Raosaheb Danve’s daughter, has won the Kannad seat with over 18,000 votes. (Image Instagram)