In the Chembur constituency, there was a tough contest between factions of Shiv Sena. Prakash Phaterpekar, who represented the undivided Shiv Sena and won the seat in the previous election, was unable to retain it this time and missed out on a hat-trick.

The Maharashtra election results are out and it’s a thumping victory for the Mahayuti alliance of the BJP, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP. The win further cements Eknath Shinde’s place in Maharashtra politics.

As the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance surges ahead in Maharashtra in early leads, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena appears to have trumped the Uddhav Thackeray-led party in the battle to prove which is the