Mahayuti ahead in three Maharashtra Council seats, MVA in two

Early trends in counting for five Maharashtra Legislative Council seats showed the ruling Mahayuti leading in the Pune and Amravati Teachers' constituencies and the Nagpur Graduates' seat, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi was ahead in the Pune and Aurangabad Graduates' seats. With rebels in the fray, preferential votes were expected to decide results after midnight.