Maharashtra Election Result 2024: Tsunami of Mahayuti, Big defeat of Mahavikas Aghadi- Know 10 big reasons

The results of the assembly elections held for 288 seats in Maharashtra are almost out, in which the Mahayuti (BJP, Shiv Sena, NCP) alliance has got a huge victory and the alliance is returning to power. On the other hand, the opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) has suffered a crushing defeat. The storm of BJP’s victory was such that the politics of former Chief Minister and self-proclaimed real Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray and NCP chief Sharad Pawar suffered a major setback. The condition of this alliance in this election has become such that the veteran leaders are no longer even worthy of becoming the leader of the opposition. How did the Mahayuti get such a big victory and how did the Maha Vikas Aghadi lose?

Know 10 big reasons

1. Along with the rift for seats and to show their dominance in the Mahavikas Aghadi, internal strife, and factionalism prevailed in the parties. The differences were so great that everything came out in front of the public. On the other hand, the victory of Mahayuti not only shows the strength and unity of the alliance. BJP worked on a strong electoral ground with the pair of Devendra Fadnavis and Eknath Shinde and the leaders did not expose any differences in front of the public. 

    

2. In the last few years, the popularity of the main parties of Mahavikas Aghadi, Congress, and Sharad Pawar’s NCP, has decreased in Maharashtra. These parties have also lost credibility, especially among the voters. On the other hand, the popularity of the BJP has increased and trust has also increased, an example of which was also seen in the Lok Sabha elections.
3. The split of Shiv Sena and then the split of NCP was a big thing for Maharashtra politics. BJP got the benefit of the split of both the parties, a part of both the parties stood with BJP and BJP gave full respect. At the same time, the foundation of India Alliance was laid to demonstrate opposition unity in which Maharashtra played an important role but this alliance turned out to be weak.
4. The leadership crisis in the Congress, which it had to face in the Lok Sabha and the state assemblies, was also a major reason for the defeat in this election as well. Congress’s inability to take an immediate decision on seat sharing in the Mahavikas Aghadi was also a major reason for its defeat. Whereas BJP’s efficient leadership and election management was an important reason for its victory.
5. In Mahavikas Aghadi, the leadership is in the hands of senior leaders and it has also faced the accusation of nepotism, whereas in Mahayuti, the leadership is in the hands of the youth and their importance is given to the organization and alliance. The young leaders also performed their responsibilities well, this was also a factor.
6. When the Mahavikas Aghadi government was in power, the public accused the government of not carrying out development works smoothly and exposed the failures of the government. The public did not want the return of such a government. Whereas the development work of the Shinde government and the government’s schemes, especially the Ladki Behan scheme, has been appreciated and voted for its victory.
7. Mahavikas Aghadi neither presented any special schemes to attract voters before the elections nor was their election campaign effective. BJP along with the alliance presented its strong narrative to the public and made many promises in mutual coordination. 
8. Along with balancing caste equations and development politics, Mahayuti also worked on social media engineering. While BJP gained an edge through its organized cadre and strong campaign, Mahavikas Aghadi failed to balance the caste equations.
9. The enthusiasm of the workers along with the leaders of Mahayuti was also at its peak, whereas the workers got discouraged due to lack of coordination among the leaders in Mahavikas Aghadi.
10. After the defeat, big leaders like Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar in the Mahavikas Aghadi now have to introspect. The weakness of the big faces of opposition politics has been exposed, while the enthusiasm of the Mahayuti is at its peak due to this big victory. The effect of the victory due to PM Modi’s leadership and better election strategy and UP CM Yogi Adityanath’s slogan of ‘Batenge to Katenge’ is visible.