The ruling Mahayuti alliance secured a commanding victory in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, winning 16 of the 17 seats for which results were declared on Monday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the biggest winner with 11 seats, while the Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde secured three seats and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar won two.
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) failed to open its account in the elections.
The BJP's winning candidates included Suhas Shirshat (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna), Avinash Brahmankar (Bhandara-Gondia), Dhairyashil Kadam (Sangli-Satara), Rajendra Raut (Solapur), Basavaraj Patil (Dharashiv-Latur-Beed), Rajiv Potdar (Nagpur), Nandkishor Mahajan (Jalgaon), Pravin Pote (Amravati) and Amar Rajurkar (Nanded).
Shiv Sena candidate Saiyed Khan won from the Parbhani-Hingoli constituency.
The only seat not won by an official Mahayuti candidate was Nashik, where Independent candidate and BJP rebel Gokul Gite defeated Shiv Sena nominee Narendra Darade.
