In a setback to the Congress in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won two seats, each while the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) bagged one in the biennial election for the Maharashtra legislative council.
Shiv Sena candidates Narendra Darade won from Nasik, while Viplav Bajoriya bagged the Parbhani-Hingoli seat in the upper house in Maharashtra, according to India Today. Pravin Pote and Ramdas Ambatkar emerged victorious from Amravati and Wardha respectively, reported Loksatta.
NCP's Aniket Tatkare won the seat in Konkan. The Congress failed to win any of the seats it contested from.