After days of intense negotiations, each the ruling Mahayuti and Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) have finalised the seat-sharing preparations amongst their respective allies on Tuesday, the final day for submitting nominations for the Maharashtra Meeting elections.
Just a few seats, nevertheless, are more likely to see additional deliberations until the date of withdrawing nominations on November 4.
Among the many Mahayuti allies — BJP, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led NCP, the BJP will contest from the best variety of seats, 152.
Among the many MVA allies — Congress, Shiv Sena UBT led by uddhav Thackeray and NCP (SP) led by Sharad Pawar, Congress will discipline the best variety of candidates in 102 constituencies.
Shinde-led Shiv Sena will contest on 80 seats, whereas the third Mahayuti constituent NCP, managed to get solely 52 seats. In Lok Sabha elections too, the NCP received solely 4 seats to contest.
In the meantime within the MVA, Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena UBT will contest on 96 seats whereas Sharad Pawar led NCP- SP will combat from 87 seats.
As they finalised seat-sharing preparations for the elections to 288-seat Meeting, each Mahayuti and MVA left 4 seats every for his or her smaller allies.
Within the MVA, the Samajawadi Get together will combat from two seats — Bhiwandi East and Mankhurd-Shivajinagar. The Communist Get together of India (Marxist) will discipline their candidates from Dahanu (ST) and Kalvan (ST).
Amongst those that filed their nomination papers Tuesday was Rajesh Khandare of Shinde Sena, who will contest from Dharavi.
Earlier there was a hypothesis that the seat might be given to Mahayuti ally RPI (A) and IRS officer Sameer Wankhede might be fielded from there.
The Sena’s (UBT) Baburao Mane, too, has filed his nomination from Dharavi.
In Mahim, sitting MLA Sada Sarvankar filed his nomination as Shinde Sena candidate, paving means a triangular combat within the constituency — Sarvankar will face MNS’s Amit Thackeray and Sena UBT’s Mahesh Sawant.
The MNS is making an attempt to persuade Saravankar to withdraw his nomination to assist Amit Thackeray, since social gathering chief Raj Thackeray had supported the Mahayuti through the Lok Sabha polls.
Confusion persists over Shirpur seat too as each NCP(SP) and Communist Get together of India (CPI) candidates filed nominations from this seat. The NCP(SP), nevertheless, has not talked about this seat in its official record of declared candidates.
