Sharad Pawar's self-proclaimed swansong in electoral politics ended in a damp squib with his nephew's NCP winning more than 4x the seats that .

Seven-term MLA and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar defeated Yugendra Pawar, backed by Sharad Pawar, in the Pawar family bastion of Baramati.

Ajit Pawar leads NCP in Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024, outperforming Sharad Pawar’s faction. A big political shift for Maharashtra's future.

Seven-term MLA and Deputy CM Ajit Pawar defeats nephew Yugendra Pawar, backed by Sharad Pawar, in the Pawar family bastion of Baramati.

The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured decisive victories across Pune's 21 constituencies, with Ajit Pawar's NCP faction emerging as a strong contender in critical seats like Baramati and Hadapsar.

Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, and the NCP offshoot led by Ajit Pawar, have apparently flipped a chunk of seats - over 70 - from their parent parties to the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra election.

The NCP led by Sharad Pawar had the best strike rate during the Lok Sabha elections, winning eight of the 10 seats it contested with a vote share of 10.27 percent. In the Maharashtra assembly elections, the party won 13 seats, with a vote share of 11.67 percent.

In the Maharashtra 2024 assembly elections, the Mahayuti alliance comprising BJP, Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction), and Ajit Pawar's NCP emerged victorious. In opposition stood Maha Vikas Aghadi, which included Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena.