Assembly elections have been announced in Maharashtra. Political parties have announced their candidates for the elections. However, this time the election is different as there are some parties with similar names to each other in the electoral battle. These parties were formed after the breakup of one political party and include the names of Shiv Sena and National Congress Party.
In such a situation, before the elections, let us first explain to you how many Shiv Sena and NCP are contesting in Maharashtra elections and what is the story of their election symbols… Also let us know Who is leading which party, which party belongs to which coalition…
When is the election?
Maharashtra will hold elections for a total of 288 seats and will be held in phases across the state. The state will go to the polls on November 20 and count the votes on November 23. Let us tell you that the term of the Maharashtra Assembly will end on November 26.
How many alliances are there?
This Maharashtra election has seen a contest between two major alliances, including the names of Mahayutty and Maha Vikas Aghadi. The Mahayutti alliance includes the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP (Ajit Pawar), BVA, PJP, MNS, RSP, PWPI, JSS party. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar are considered to be the main leaders. The state currently has a Mahayutth government with 218 seats.
Apart from this, the second alliance is the Mahavikas Aghadi Dal, which includes the Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar), Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray), CPI (M) ), Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Prominent leaders of the alliance include Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and others. Currently there are 77 seats in Mahavikas Aghadi.
What political parties are there?
Shiv Sena (Sind)- Earlier, there used to be only one Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, which is now divided into two parts. Earlier, the Shiv Sena’s electoral symbol was the bow and arrow. However, the party later split and formed two political parties. Eknath Shinde’s group formed a political party which received the name “Shiv Sena” from the Election Commission of India and its symbol was the bow and arrow. Following this decision of the Election Commission, the Sindhi Party was recognized as the original political party founded by Bala Saheb Thackeray. It is called Shiv Sena.
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Bala Saheb Thackeray)- When the Shiv Sena party split into two factions, Uddhav Thackeray belonged to one of them. In this party formed independently from the Shiv Sena, the Election Commission allotted the torch election symbol to the Uddhav faction. Apart from this, the name of the party as “Shivsena Uddhav Bala Saheb Thackeray” was also approved. The Uddhav faction had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections under this name and symbol.
NCP (Ajit Pawar)- Like Shiv Sena, the same happened with NCP. In fact, in July last year, Ajit Pawar broke off his alliance with most of the MLAs and backed Eknath Singh after he complained about Sharad Pawar’s leadership. The Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena government led by Eknath Shinde.
Thereafter, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narvekar believed that the faction led by Ajit Pawar was the real NCP. Thereafter, Ajit Pawar’s organization was considered NCP. Later, in the election symbol dispute, the Supreme Court also said that the electoral symbol of the Nationalist Congress Party will still be retained by Ajit Pawar.
In this case, the electoral symbol of the NCP is the clock, led by Ajit Pawar. The NCP’s election symbol is an analog alarm clock. The clock is blue and has two legs and an alarm button. It is on the Indian tricolor flag.
NCP (Sharad Pawar)- Among the different factions of the NCP is the Sharad Pawar faction, whose new party has now been formed. Sharad Pawar’s party is called the Nationalist Congress-Sharad Pawar, and its election symbol is a man blowing a trumpet.
Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress – Apart from these four political parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress also play an important role in the state. In this regard, the BJP is part of the grand alliance and the Congress is part of Maha Vikas Aghadi.
Other parties – In addition to this, many types of political parties engage in electoral struggles either individually or jointly.
