Several Pune MLAs in ministerial race

The Mahayuti—consisting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena—has secured a landslide victory in Pune by winning 18 out of 21 assembly seats in the district.

This has sparked significant interest among Punekars about how many more ministers the city and district might have in the new state government.

Currently, the district is represented by three ministers: Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil, and Cooperation Minister Dilip Walse Patil.

Among the 18 MLAs elected, Madhuri Misal and Bhimrao Tapkir are returning to the assembly for the fourth time.