MVA Finalises Seat-Sharing Formula For Maharashtra; Team Thackeray Gets 21 Seats, Congress 17

The Maha Vikas Aghadi, a coalition of opposition parties in Maharashtra, has reached a consensus on the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. According to the finalised formula, the Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest on 21 seats, while the Congress party will contest on 17 seats, and the NCP (SP) will contest on 10 seats.

In Mumbai's six parliamentary seats, Thackeray team is set to contest on four - North West, South Central, South, and South East seats. The Congress party will contest on other two seats - North and North Central.

At a joint press conference by the MVA alliance members, Sharad Pawar said, "We declared the seat sharing after mutual agreement."

Shiv Sena (UBT) seats are:

Jalgaon, Parbhani, Nashik, Palghar, Kalyan, Thane, Raigad, Maval, Osmanabad, Aurangabad, Ratnagiri, Buldhana, Hatkanangale, Shirdi, Sangli, Hingoli, Yavatmal-Washim, Mumbai North West, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai South, Mumbai North East

Maharashtra, with its 48 Lok Sabha seats, stands as one of the most crucial battlegrounds in the Lok Sabha elections, second only to Uttar Pradesh which has 80 seats. In the previous general elections held in 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerged as the dominant force in Maharashtra, securing victory in 23 Lok Sabha seats. Its long-standing ally, the Shiv Sena (which was then undivided), clinched 18 seats. Additionally, the undivided Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) secured four seats, while the Congress party and AIMIM each secured one seat.