All eyes are on the counting of votes and results of the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections, which began at 8 am today. The Mahayuti is en route to a record win in the Maharashtra Assembly election, in which no alliance has ever crossed the magic 200-seat mark.

The ruling alliance - led by the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party factions led by Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar - was ahead in 223 of the state's 288 seats at noon, and The Maha Vikas Aghadi - fronted the Congress and the Sena and NCP groups led by Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar - is ahead in just 55. Non-aligned parties are leading in 10.

In the 81-seat Jharkhand assembly election, the ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc is seeking to retain the state. EC trends show INDIA bloc crosses majority, leading in 50 seats, while BJP-headed NDA, trails behind with 30 seats, 1 seat to others