Congress couldn't have imagined a drubbing like the one it got in Maharashtra, where MVA managed only 46 seats - 10 fewer than INDIA bloc's tally in Jharkhand, where the assembly is less than one-third the size of the western state.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its allies were set to return to power in the nation's richest state, television channels reported on Saturday, a boost for the Hindu-nationalist leader after a disappointing general election.

BJP wins 132 seats in Maharashtra's historic election victory, with Shiv Sena securing 57 and NCP 41. The CM race intensifies in the new government.

While the electoral battle was primarily a Mahayuti versus Maha Vikas Aghadi contest, it was the head-to-head fights between BJP and Congress .

As Maha Yuti alliance - led by the BJP - registered a landslide victory in Maharashtra election, here's a look at the biggest winners and losers

The NDA is all set to win Maharashtra against the INDIA bloc as the saffron party logs its best-ever electoral performance in the state.