There is only some time left for the Maharashtra elections and the list of candidates has started being announced. Meanwhile, a seat-sharing agreement has been reached for the opposition alliance Mahavikas Aghadi in the state. In view of this, Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawas) and Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday announced that they will contest the elections for 85-85 seats. However, discussions on the allocation of some seats are still ongoing. Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut told a press conference that out of 288 seats, consensus has been reached for 270 seats for the elections to be held on November 20.
“We will also bring in the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal, CPI(M), CPM and Aam Aadmi Party in the alliance. Discussions on the remaining seats are still on. We will discuss the remaining seats,” Rathe said. Of these, 270 seats were agreed amicably. “The MVA is between UBT and NCP and Pawar directed us to announce the MVA seat-sharing scheme in front of the media. “
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole said at a press conference that we have decided that the Congress, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest in 85-85 seats , for the remaining 18 seats we will negotiate our coalition with other parties. The bill is set to be approved on Thursday. A detailed list will be released. We are contesting the elections as Maha Vikas Aghadi and we will form the government. “
What is the current strength of which side?
Talking about the current situation in the Maharashtra Assembly, the BJP has 103 MLAs, Shiv Sena (Shinde) 40, NCP (Ajit Pawar) 40 and Bahujan Vikas Aghadi has 3 MLAs. However, if we talk about Maha Vikas Aghadi, there are 43 MPs, 15 Shiv Sena (UBT) and 13 NCP (Sharad Pawar). In Maharashtra Assembly, Samajwadi Party has two MLAs, AIMIM has two, PJP has two, MNS, CPM, Shekap, Swabhimani Party, Rashtriya Samaj Party, Maharashtra Janasurajya Shakti Party, Krantikari Shetkari Party have one each An MLA.
Mainly two alliances face to face on the field
After the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Congress, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena and Sharad Pawar-led The NCP jointly formed Maha Vikas Aghadi. This time in the Maharashtra elections, the contest will be between two alliances instead of political parties. The ruling Mahayutthir and Maha Vikas Aghadi will face each other. In fact, this grand alliance includes the BJP, Shiv Sena-led Eknath Shinde and NCP-led Ajit Pawar. In this assembly election, the opposition alliance (MVA) hopes to repeat its performance in defeating Mahayuthy in the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections.
The election will be held on November 20
Polls for 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra will be held on November 20. Results will be announced on November 23. In the last election, the BJP won 105 seats, the Shiv Sena 56 seats, the NCP 54 seats and the Congress 44 seats. However, after the elections, the Shiv Sena broke away from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and formed the government in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray becomes chief minister. In June 2022, there was internal discord within the Shiv Sena. Following this, Eknath Shinde sacked 40 MLAs of the party. Eknath Shinde became the chief minister with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Now the Shiv Sena is divided into two groups. Sharad Pawar’s NCP was also divided into two factions – Sharad Pawar and Ajit Pawar.
