The MVA’s debilitating loss and within that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP)'s poor performance raises a question: What is the party's future considering he is at a ripe age of 83 years?

Ajit-Pawar-led NCP had won 40 seats and was leading in one more as of 9 pm. Of 37 seats where the two factions faced each other, Ajit Pawar faction won 29.

Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday defeated his uncle Sharad Pawar's NCP(SP) in 29 seats in the Maharashtra assembly election, months after the former's rebellion prompted a vertical split in the party.

Dy CM Ajit Pawar has held on to Baramati assembly seat since 1991. He lost the first round in NCP vs NCP fight when his wife Sunetra lost to Supriya Sule in Lok Sabha elections.

Maharashtra minister and Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar has said his party legislators feel Eknath Shinde should continue as the chief minister of the state.

MUMBAI: While Ajit Pawar was on Sunday unanimously elected group leader of the NCP legislature party, sources said that on the question of the chief minister's post, the party has taken the view that in view of the assembly poll results,

In Maharashtra's 2024 elections, the Pawar family focuses on defeating NCP leader Ajit Pawar in Baramati. He faces his nephew Yugendra Pawar, making the constituency a hot topic. Vote counting started at 8 am Saturday,

Sharad Pawar’s faction may have garnered a higher vote share at 11.29 percent compared to Ajit Pawar’s 9.01 percent, but this support didn’t translate into seats.