Women voters to Hindutva plank: Analyst Rajat Sethi’s key takeaways from state results

Counting of votes began this morning (November 23) in Maharashtra and Jharkhand in the high-stakes Assembly polls. While the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has taken a massive lead in Maharashtra, the ruling JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand defied exit poll projections and crossed the halfway mark.
Here are the 10 key takeaways from the Assembly election results in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.