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Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll LIVE Updates: Maharashtra is a highly crucial battleground in the Lok Sabha elections, which went for polls in the first five phases across 48 constituencies in the seven-phased polls in the country that concluded on June 1. The elections were fought intensely, different from what took place in the 2019 elections. Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena, which had fought the previous general elections as part of the BJP-led NDA, was divided after he joined hands with the Congress. Thackeray’s UBT contested the 2024 polls with MVA. Ajit Pawar led a split in the NCP last year and his party contested with the ruling alliance this time. Uddhav’s Sena fought on 21 seats, Congress 17 and NCP 10, whereas the BJP contested on 28, Eknath Shinde 14, Ajit Pawar 5.

Key candidates in the state include Piyush Goyal (BJP, Mumbai-North), Nitin Gadkari (BJP, Nagpur), Supriya Sule (NCP (Sharad Pawar), Baramati), Arvind Sawant (Shiv Sena (UBT), Mumbai-South), Varsha Gaikwad (Congress, Mumbai North Central), Ujjwal Nikam (BJP, Mumbai North Central), Kapil Patil (BJP, Bhiwandi), Rajan Baburao Vichare (Shiv Sena (UBT), Thane), Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena, Kalyan), Danve Raosaheb Dadarao (BJP, Jalna), Pankaja Munde (BJP, Beed). Other key candidates include Navneet Kaur Rana (BJP, Amravati), Anup Dhotre (BJP, Akola). Shiv Sena, the BJP ally, had fought on 20 seats inthe 2019 Lok Sabha elections and won 18. NCP fought on 21 seats and won 4 while Congress contested on 26 seats and won 2. Follow Exit Poll Results of Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024 here to know which party might have an edge in the poll results on June 4: