Maharashtra Legislative Council Election 2026: Counting Day Sees High Voter Turnout

Today (27 October 2026) is the counting day for the Maharashtra Legislative Council Election 2026. The voting for the five seats of Pune Graduates, Nagpur Graduates, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Graduates, Pune Teachers and Amravati Teachers was held on 23 October last. These biennial elections were for 5 out of 78 seats in the Legislative Council whose term ends on 6 December 2026. A total of 182 candidates are in the fray for the five seats, for which a total of 10,68,072 voters voted. The average voter turnout in the five seats was 72.96%. Seat-wise, Amravati Teachers seat recorded the highest 92.25% voting. It was followed by 85.86% in Pune Teachers seat, 64.82% in Nagpur Graduates, 62.76% in Pune Graduates and 59.12% in Sambhajinagar Graduates. A formula of 3: 1 was worked out for seat-sharing in the ruling Mahayuti led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).