– In 2024, BJP secured 240 seats. In the last three decades, Congress never surpassed 240 seats, with their highest being 244 in 1991.
– Since 1984, BJP is the only party to achieve a clear majority, with 282 seats in 2014 and 303 in 2019.
– The Indi Alliance (Shiv Sena – UBT) narrowly lost to NDA (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde’s faction) by just 46 votes in Mumbai Northwest.
– Notably, Mumbai Northwest saw the highest number of NOTA votes in the city, exceeding 15,000, which played a crucial role in the result.
– Coincidentally, Indore had both the highest margin of victory (11.75 lakh votes for BJP) and the highest NOTA votes (2.18 lakh) in the same seat.
