Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil.
Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil says the BJP and the Sena would contest 135 Seats each while the remaining 18 seats would be left for allies.
The BJP and its ally Shiv Sena will contest an equal number of seats in the Maharashtra Assembly election, senior BJP leader and State Revenue Minister Chandrakant Patil said on Sunday.
“Of the 288 Assembly seats, the BJP and the Sena will contest 135 each and leave the remaining 18 to our allies,” he said on the sidelines of a drought-review tour in Aurangabad district.
In the Lok Sabha election, the alliance swept the State, winning 41 of the 48 seats.
Growing influence
Mr. Patil’s probable formula for seat sharing reflects the BJP’s current status as the leading partner in the alliance.
Prior to 2014, when the Sena was the dominant partner, the party took the greater share of seats in an Assembly election, while the BJP usually contested more Lok Sabha seats.
In the 2014 Assembly election, the Sena offered the BJP 119 seats, keeping 151 for itself, which resulted in both parties contesting separately. However, neither got a clear majority — the BJP won 122 seats and the Sena 63. Uddhav Thackeray’s party was then compelled to form an alliance with the BJP after the NCP made an unsolicited offer to support the BJP in the “interest of a stable government”.
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