Voting for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana across 378 constituencies concluded at 6 pm on Monday, following which TV channels aired exit polls after the EC mandated half an hour gap.

Polling across 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra took place in a single phase election, where approximately 55% voters turned up to cast their vote till 6pm, according to data provided by ECI’s Voter Turnout app.

Exit polls are predictions based on responses of the people who have cast their votes. Assuming that the voters have correctly revealed their choice, pollsters predict the results much before the actual counting of votes.

Here are the highlights of exit polls:

7:55 pm IST Shiv Sena’s Aaditya Thackeray vs NCP’s Suresh Mane in Worli On Maharashtra’s Worli seat, it’s a battle between Shiv Sena’s Aaditya Thackeray, who made his electoral debut this assembly election, and Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Suresh Mane, a former state president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and a Dalit activist. The Sena has left no stone unturned to ensure that Aaditya wins by a huge margin.





7:45 pm IST Devendra Fadnavis to lead BJP in Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis is leading BJP in Maharshtra and has been declared as the chief minister face for the state by the party. While addressing an election campaign in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said “Narendra in Delhi and Devendra in Maharashtra is a superhit formula”.





7:25 pm IST Congress-NCP to trail in Maharashtra, predict exit polls Most exit polls have predicted that the Congress-NCP alliance in Maharashtra will trail on the result day that October 24. The alliance is expected to win 52-59 seats, says Republic- Jan Ki Baat, the NEWSX-POLSTRAT says the tie up will get 74-89 seats,while India Today-Axis says the alliance will win 72-90 seats. The News18-IPSOS exit poll has predicted that the Congress-NCP will win 41, ABP C-Voter says it will win 55-81 seats, while Time Now has predicted their win on 48 seats.





7:10 pm IST After massive campaigning, exit polls predict big win for BJP-Shiv Sena After BJP and Shiv Sena led month-long aggressive campaign in Maharashtra, most exit polls have predicted a big win for the alliance in the state. For the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance, Republic- Jan Ki Baat has predicted 216-230 seats, NEWSX-POLSTRAT has predicted 188-220 seats, India Today-Axis says the alliance is likely to win on 166-194 seats, News18-IPSOS says 243 seats, ABP C-Voter predicts win on 192-216 seats, while Times Now ‘s exit poll has predicted a win on 230 seats.





7:05 pm IST 216-230 seats for BJP-Shiv Sena, predicts Republic- Jan Ki Baat Exit poll predictions of Republic- Jan Ki Baat are also out. It has predicted that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will win approximately 216-230 seats, Congress- NCP are likely to bag 52-59 seats, while 8-12 may go to others contesting parties.





7:00 pm IST NEWSX-POLSTRAT predicts big win BJP-Shiv Sena alliance The NEWSX-POLSTRAT exit poll has predicted a big win for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in the state of Maharashtra with an expected win on 188-220 seats, while it has predicted 74-89 seats for Congress-NCP. Six to ten seats will go other parties, NEWSX-POLSTRAT has predicted.





6:55 pm IST India Today-Axis exit poll predicts 72-90 seats for Congress-NCP alliance According to India Today-Axis exit poll, the Congress- NCP alliance in Maharashtra is expected to win 72-90 seats, while here too the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is leading with an expected win on 166-194 seats.





6:45 pm IST News18-IPSOS exit poll predicts win for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance According to News18-IPSOS, BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is leading with an expected win on 243 seats, while the Congress-NCP tie up is trailing with a predicted win on 41 seats.





6:40 pm IST C-Voter predicts 192-216 seats for BJP- Shiv Sena alliance ABP C-Voter has predicted 192-216 seats for the BJP- Shiv Sena alliance in Maharashtra, while win on 55-81 seats has been predicted for Congress and NCP alliance.





6:30 pm IST Times Now Exit Poll predicts 230 seats for BJP-Shiv Sena alliance Here are the predictions according to Times Now exit poll BJP+SHIV SENA: 230 CONGRESS+NCP: 48 OTHERS: 10 VOTE SHARE: BJP+SHIV SENA: 54.20% CONGRESS+NCP: 29.40% OTHERS: 16.40%





6:20 pm IST BJP looks to retain power The Bhartiya Janta Party, which is contesting on 164 seats, is looking to seek a second term in the state.





6:15 pm IST Voting in Maharashtra ends, next up exit polls Voting in Maharashtra has ended with a voter turnout of 55% , as per data on ECI’s Voter Turnout app. All eyes are





6:05 pm IST 2014 Maharashtra seat share In 2014, the BJP had won the highest 122 seats, Shiv Sena had won 63, the Congress got 42 while the NCP won 41 seats.





6:00 pm IST Congress contesting on 147 seats, ally NCP on 121 The Congress- NCP alliance in Maharashtra is contesting on 268 out of 288 assembly seats, out of which the Congress will fight on 147 seats while the NCP has fielded candidates from 121 constituencies.





5:50 pm IST 101 MNS candidates in fray The (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) MNS, which is being led by Raj Thackeray, has fielded 101 candidates in the Maharashtra assembly elections 2019.





5:35 pm IST BJP seeks second term The BJP is seeking to come to power for a second term in Maharashtra. The party led by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis is contesting on 164 seats, of which 14 are being contested by its smaller allies. Shiv Sena is contesting from 124 seats out of the 288 seats in the assembly.





5:25 pm IST Voters to seal fate of 3237 candidates in Maharashtra As millions of voters cast their ballot in the Maharashtra assembly election today, they will be deciding the fate of 3237 candidates who are in the poll fray.





5:15 pm IST 45% voter turnout in Maharashtra by 5 pm By 5 pm, 45% voters turned up to cast their vote for Maharashtra assembly election. The voter turnout data is in accordance ECI’s Voter Turnout app.



