Shiv Sena Election Results Lok Sabha 2019: Shiv Sena leads in Maharashtra

Shiv Sena and BJP combine was headed for a win in Maharashtra, leading in 43 constituencies.

During 2019 Lok Sabha elections, 542 out of 543 constituencies went for polling. The exit polls conducted by a majority of agencies had predicted a landslide victory for both BJP and Shiv Sena along with their allies. Chanakya and India Today My Axis exit polls presumed that NDA, the BJP led alliance would win from more than 350 seats.

However, Neta-News X and News-Nielsen forecast the alliance might fall short of a few seats for majority with 242 and 267 seats predicted by them for the alliance respectively. While Neta-NewsX has predicted the lowest number of seats for the alliance at 242 constituencies, Chanakya has forecasted about 350 seats, the maximum for the alliance announced by any exit poll agency for 2019 Lok Sabha election result. The Chanakya exit poll has also forecasted a clean sweep for the BJP led alliance in the states of Gujarat, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Delhi where they might win all the 26, 10, 5 and 7 seats respectively.

In 2014 general elections for the Lok Sabha, the results were favorable to the BJP with the party and its alliance winning a clear majority in the parliament by bagging 282 seats out of 543. This number was 166 seats more than what the alliance scored in 2009 parliamentary elections. There are 269 sitting MPs representing the BJP and 18 MPs representing Shiv Sena in the Lok Sabha formed after 2014 election result in addition to the MPs of their allies in NDA.

The key candidates of BJP include the Prime Minister Narendra Modi contesting from Varanasi, Amit Shah from Gandhi Nagar of Gujarat, Smriti Irani from Amethi, Raghav Lakhan from Saharanpur, SatyaPal Singh from Baghpat, VK Singh from Ghaziabad, Rajnath Singh from Lucknow and many others. Shiv Sena contested from 23 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra as part of the NDA.