Behind the rise and rise of BJP in Maharashtra

The Mahayuti alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and some smaller allies has won 235 out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra elections, the biggest win in the state for any alliance or party since the 1972 election.

- Abhishek Jha

While all the big parties in this alliance have won at least half the seats they contested, it is the BJP that has delivered the best performance among them. In fact, the BJP has delivered its own best performance in the state and for any single party since 1990. An HT analysis shows the party has achieved this by bringing its performance against regional parties at par with its performance against the Congress, something it had not achieved earlier.