In Maharashtra, the Mahayuti government has finalized the allocation of all 48 seats. The breakdown is as follows: the BJP will contest 28 seats, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena will vie for 15 seats, Ajit Pawar’s NCP will aim for four seats, and the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) will compete for one seat.
CM #EknathShinde‘s #ShivSena will keep the #Nashik #LokSabha seat, while #Palghar may go to the #BJP.
Final tally for the #Mahayuti:
BJP: 28
Shiv Sena: 15#NCP (#AjitPawar): 4+1 #RSPThe bottomline: #EknathShinde is a hard bargainer. #politics #Maharashtra… https://t.co/C7adpGw92q
— Dhaval Kulkarni (धवल कुलकर्णी) 🇮🇳 (@dhavalkulkarni) May 1, 2024
During this time, the Shinde faction of Shiv Sena decided to grant a ticket to the incumbent MP, Hemant Godse, for the Nashik seat. Chhagan Bhujbal, backed by the Ajit Pawar group, had long been vying for the Nashik seat, causing increased challenges for both the Shinde faction and the BJP.
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According to the opposition’s seat-sharing arrangement, the Sena (UBT) is contesting 21 out of the total 48 seats in Maharashtra, while the Congress is contesting 17 seats and the Nationalist Congress Party (led by Sharadchandra Pawar) is contesting 10 seats. Previously, these three parties shared power in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, which dissolved in June 2022 due to a split in the Shiv Sena.
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