The vote share of Congress, which had won 13 Parliamentary seats in Maharashtra this June, declined by almost 5 percentage points to 12.05 per cent now from 16.9 per cent during Lok Sabha polls.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated the Mahayuti alliance for the historic sweep of Maharashtra, and warned those who in the pursuit of "opportunistic politics" lose sight of their core values.

The BJP is on cloud nine. The saffron party seems poised to win 130 seats on its own, with its allies taking its alliance’s tally well above the majority mark. Devendra Fadnavis, who is seen as a frontrunner for the Maharashtra chief minister post,