The voter turnout in Mumbai City during Wednesday’s assembly elections till 5 pm was 49.7 per cent and in Mumbai suburbs 51.76 per cent

The ruling Mahayuti will win the 2024 Maharashtra election, two of three exit polls said Wednesday evening, shortly after the close of single-phase voting in the state.

The BJP-Shiv Sena-NCP alliance will emerge the winner with 150-195 seats in the 288-member Assembly, the Matrize and Peoples Pulse exit polls declared. A third poll – P-Marq – predicted a closer fight but still gave the Mahayuti a narrow win, with a score of 147.

The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance – the Congress and the Sena and NCP factions led by ex-Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar – are predicted to stumble with Matrize and Peoples Pulse giving it a maximum of 130 seats.

The exception is P-Marq, which expects the MVA to get between 126 and 146 seats.

The majority mark in the Maharashtra Assembly is 145.

Health warning: exit polls often get it wrong.

The BJP and its allies will likely emerge victorious in the Jharkhand assembly election, according to exit polls.

Health warning: exit polls often get it wrong.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is predicted to win 42-47 seats, while the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) may get 25-30 seats in the 81-seat assembly, according to an exit poll by Matrize.

Another exit poll by Peoples Pulse forecast the NDA winning 44-53 seats, giving 25-37 seats to the INDIA bloc.

The exit poll by Times Now-JVC predicted 40-44 seats for the NDA, and 30-40 for the Grand Alliance.

The BJP contested on 68 seats, All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) 10 seats, Janata Dal (United) 2 seats, and the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) 1 seat.

Their rival Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) of Chief Minister Hemant Soren fought in 41 seats, Congress 30 seats, Rashtriya Janata Dal 6 seats, and Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 4 seats.

The primary contest in Jharkhand is between the Mahagathbandhan and the BJP-led NDA.