The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance, including the Eknath Shinde faction of Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's NCP group, secured a sweeping victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The alliance was leading in over 200 of the state's 288 seats. Celebrations erupted as the opposition, including the Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena, conceded defeat.