In 123 of the total 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra, majority of people did not vote for the party that they had supported in 2014. But in the recent elections, political parties retained 57% of the seats that they won in 2014 while losing 43%. A small proportion of this change could be attributed to the alliances formed in the recent election, unlike 2014 when there were no alliances.
Party level analysis shows that despite the decrease in the number of seats won, the ruling alliance of BJP and Shiv Sena had the highest retention rate. BJP managed to retain 66.4% of the seats that it had won in 2014 — the highest among the four major parties. With a retention rate of 57.1%, its ally Shiv Sena came second.
Although both NCP and Congress increased their seat tally, they had a slightly lower retention rate. The rate was 54% for NCP and 50% for Congress. Apart from the big four, other parties suffered the most as they could retain only 5 (25%) of the 20 seats that they won in 2014.
When it comes to individuals, there were 192 MLAs who re-contested in 2019.
This includes contests on their partys or a rival partys ticket. About 60% or 116 of these MLAs managed to win, while 76 lost.
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