Political parties and major alliances in Maharashtra are racing to finalize seat-sharing deals and select candidates for the upcoming assembly elections. Voting for the Maharashtra Assembly elections will be held on November 23. . The election results will be announced on November 23.
Mahayuti is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) alliance between. Meanwhile, the MVA consists of Congress, Sharad Pawar’s NCP-SP and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena-UBT. The two alliances have yet to announce their seat-sharing arrangements.
Maharashtra has 288 assembly seats. In the 2019 Maharashtra elections, the Congress and the unified Shiv Sena won 154 of the 288 seats in Maharashtra. This time, however, the Shiv Sena (UBT), the Sharad Pawar-led National Communist Party (NCP) and the Congress have joined forces to fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Mahayutthir alliance. Mahayuti ).
Here’s a detailed analysis of what’s brewing in Maharashtra politics as elections approach:
1. Mahayuthy is expected to announce the seat-sharing agreement soon. Sources told news agency ANI that the BJP is expected to contest in around 150-160 seats, while the Shiv Sena is likely to contest in 75-85 seats, while the NCP is gearing up to contest in around 48-55 constituencies. An official announcement will likely be made on Sunday, October 19th.
A meeting on the NDA alliance for the Maharashtra Assembly elections was held at the residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday. According to reports, the three parties have previously reached a consensus on 240 seats, but discussions on the remaining 48 seats are still ongoing, and coordination of these seats has been challenging.
3. The MVA has not yet announced their seat-sharing arrangements. Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole had earlier said that 25 to 30 seats were deadlocked. He said decisions have been taken on 260 of the 288 seats. However, India Group ally and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav announced his candidates for five of the 12 seats he demanded.
Meanwhile, Congress election in-charge Ramesh Chennithala, who is in charge of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, said, “…there is no difference in the MVA and we are united in this.”
Earlier on Saturday, Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Sanjay Raut, Vinayak Raut and Congress in-charge of Maharashtra polls Election Ramesh Chenninthala arrived in Mattoshree to meet Uddhav Thackeray and said he had reached an agreement with Maha Vikas Aghadi The seat-sharing issue was discussed and President Nana Patole will also attend.
4. Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said the party is demanding 12 seats as part of Maharashtra Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). “We already have two MLAs. We are those who are sometimes satisfied with fewer seats…” Yadav was addressing rallies in Malegaon on Friday and Dhule on Saturday.
5. The Samajwadi Party has so far announced five candidates for the Maharashtra elections. The party on Friday announced the nomination of MLA Rais Shaikh from Bhiwandi East, Riyaz Azmi from Bhiwandi West and Shaan-E-Hind from Malegaon Central as candidates. Socialist Party state president Abu Asim Azmi, the sitting MLA, will contest from Shivaji Nagar-Mankud seat. On Saturday, the Socialist Party announced Irshad Jahagirdar of Dhule as its candidate.