It seems that the
Maharashtra Exit Poll | ||||||
Party Names | 2014 Result | C -Voter | News18 | Todays's Chanakya | India Today Axis | TimesNow - VMR |
BJP + Shiv Sena | 41 | 34 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 37 |
INC + NCP | 4 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 |
Others | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Business Insider compiled surveys from five reputed sources-- Republic-C -Voter, ABP, Today's Chanakya, India Today-Axis, and TimesNow - VMR-- amongst many others and the final number is an average of these five polls.
Maharashtra is a western state of India that is the third largest in the country in terms of area and the second largest in India in terms of population. Spanning over an area of 307,713 square kilometers, the state of Maharashtra has 8,74,34,919 registered and eligible voters on its electoral rolls. This figure is made of 4,58,05,196 males, 4,16,27,637 females and 2,086 third gender electors.
In the 2014
Maharashtra has a total number of 48 seats to give the Parliament. Among them, 5 are reserved for the scheduled castes and 4 are reserved for the scheduled tribes. Maharashtra is represented by 19 members in the Rajya Sabha. Maharashtra has 289 Assembly constituencies in total and the state went for the latest assembly elections in October 2014. Polling for the Lok Sabha