After months of deliberations and discussions, the Maha Vikas Aghadi announced on Tuesday its finalized seat-sharing arrangement for Maharashtra in preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Under this agreement, the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray, will vie for 21 seats, while the Congress will contest 17 seats. Additionally, the Nationalist Congress Party faction led by Sharadchandra Pawar will compete for 10 seats in Maharashtra.
The electoral agreement was unveiled following weeks of negotiations in a joint press briefing featuring Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, and state Congress President Nana Patole. Also in attendance were former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Congress Legislature Party leader Balashaeb Thorat.
The Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to take place across five phases, from April 19 and concluding on May 20.
Shiv Sena will contest 21 Lok sabha seats including Jalgaon, Parbhani, Nashik, Palghar, Kalyan, Thane, Raigad, Maval, Osmanabad, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Buldhana, Hathkanangkale, Aurangabad, Shirdi, Sangli, Hingoli, Yavatmal-Washim, Mumbai South, Mumbai South Central, Mumbai North West and Mumbai North East seats.
As per the seat-sharing agreement, the grand old party has secured constituencies including Nandurbar, Dhule, Akola, Amravati, Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondia, Gadchiroli-Chimur, Chandrapur, Nanded, Jalna, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai North, Pune, Latur, Solapur, Kolhapur, and Ramtek.
The NCP (SP) will be contesting for the Baramati, Shirur, Satara, Bhiwandi, Dindori, Madha, Raver, Wardhan, Ahmednagar South, and Beed seats.
Addressing a press conference at the Shiv Sena (UBT) office in south Mumbai, party head and former state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray stated: “The seat-sharing deal has been reached and in an alliance, winning is important and defeating the BJP is the goal. When victory against the BJP is the larger goal, we have to set aside certain differences,” PTI quoted him as saying.
Addressing a press conference at the Shiv Sena (UBT) office in south Mumbai, party leader and former state chief minister Uddhav Thackeray stated. “The seat-sharing deal has been reached and in an alliance, winning is important and defeating the BJP is the goal. When victory against the BJP is the larger goal, we have to set aside certain differences,” as reported by PTI.