The Mumbai-Konkan coastal belt in Maharashtra stood firmly by the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance even as results in the rest of the state jolted the ruling allies.

The coastal region, comprising 12 parliamentary seats, saw Mahayuti bagging seven.

The BJP triumphed in Palghar, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, and Mumbai North, while the NCP, led by Ajit Pawar, had a face-saver in Raigad where its leader Sunil Tatkare retained his seat.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde won Mumbai North West seat and retained his hold over Thane and Kalyan constituencies in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).

On the other hand, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena maintained its hold in Mumbai, winning three of the four seats it contested, but lost its former bastions of Raigad and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg in Konkan.

Out of six Lok Sabha seats in Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) won three, while the rest three were bagged by Shiv Sena led by Shinde, BJP, and the Congress.

Shiv Sena (UBT) candidates Arvind Sawant, Anil Desai, and Sanjay Dina Patil, clinched Mumbai South, Mumbai South Central, and Mumbai North-East constituencies, respectively.

The three other seats, namely, Mumbai North West, Mumbai North, and Mumbai North Central were won by the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, the BJP, and Congress, respectively.

The see-sawing battle for Mumbai North West seat was won by Ravindra Waikar who defeated his Shiv Sena (UBT) rival Amol Kirtikar by a wafer-thin margin of 48 votes.

The Congress opened its account in Mumbai after a decade with city unit chief Varsha Gaikwad defeating renowned advocate Ujjwal Nikam, who contested on a BJP ticket, from Mumbai North Central.