Huge placards with Sharad Pawar's image and a message written in Marathi, "Jikad Mhatar Firtay, Tikad Changbhal Hotay (Wherever the old man goes, victory follows)", were ubiquitous at NCP(SP)'s rallies.

Ajit Pawar is the current the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a position he has held multiple times during his political career.

All eyes are on Baramati, a stronghold of NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, as the high-profile contest is within the family.

Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena, and the NCP offshoot led by Ajit Pawar, have apparently flipped a chunk of seats - over 70 - from their parent parties to the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Maharashtra election.

The Maharashtra Assembly constituency of Baramati, a Pawar family stronghold, witnessed a gripping electoral battle between veteran politician and incumbent MLA Ajit Pawar and his nephew, Yugendra Pawar,

NCP-SP candidate Yugendra Pawar is trailing behind NCP chief Ajit Pawar by 21,349 votes after 5 rounds of counting for the Baramati seat in the as

The Maharashtra Assembly vote-counting will decide the fate of NCP leader Ajit Pawar who aspires to become the next CM. In Baramati, Ajit Pawar is set to face a fierce battle against his nephew Yugendra Pawar.

The NCP's Ajit Pawar Pawar faction is leading in 33 constituencies of Amravati, Baramati, Pimpri and Ahmednagar City, with key candidates being Ajit Pawar, Zeeshan Siddique, Sana Malik