The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena party workers were seen celebrating at party office in Dadar area of Mumbai as vote counting for Lok Sabha elections 2024 continued on Tuesday. Pics/Kirti Surve
Updated On: 2024-06-04 04:06 PM IST
Compiled by : Asif Ali Sayed
Meanwhile, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the INDIA alliance has surpassed the numbers predicted by the exit polls and claimed the opposition bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats
Speaking to reporters, Sanjay Raut said the Congress, which barely got 50 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is now poised to bag 150 seats
Counting of votes was underway across the country on Tuesday for polls to the 543-member Lok Sabha
"The picture is that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will be ahead in Maharashtra and the INDIA alliance will win 295 (seats in the country)," Raut claimed
"The INDIA alliance has crossed the figures predicted by the exit polls and sprinted ahead. It will cross 295 seats," the Rajya Sabha member added
The counting of votes began Tuesday morning for the 48 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra where Shiv Sena and NCP factions and the ruling BJP and opposition Congress are jockeying for political supremacy
Maharashtra recorded a voter turnout of 61.33 per cent in the general elections, held in five phases from April 19 to May 20
A total of 5,70,06,778 voters out of 9,29,43,890 exercised their franchise in the five phases
