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{{short description|Indian political alliance}}
{{short description|Indian political alliance}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}  
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}  
|party_name = Maha Vikas Aghadi
{{Infobox political party
|abbreviation     = MVA
| name            = Maha Vikas Aghadi
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|president            = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]<br /> {{small|([[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|CM of Maharashtra ]])}}<br>([[Shivsena|SS]])  
| spokesperson    = Clyde Crasto&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=https://www.india.com/maharashtra/lok-sabha-polls-sharad-pawar-ncp-faction-gets-man-blowing-turha-as-new-poll-symbol-6742536/ | title='Tutari Coming to Shake Delhi's Throne': Sharad Pawar's NCP Gets New Poll Symbol }}&lt;/ref&gt;
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| foundation      = {{start date and age|2019|11|26|df=yes}}
| country          = India
| abbreviation     = MVA
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| leader          = [[Aditya Thackeray]]&lt;br/&gt;(Leader of the largest opposition party, [[Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)|SS (UBT)]])
| president        = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]
| chairperson        = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| secretary        = [[Balasaheb Thorat]]
| leader2_title    = [[Lok Sabha]] Leader
| leader2_name    = [[Supriya Sule]]
| leader1_title    = [[Rajya Sabha]] Leader
| leader1_name    = [[Sharad Pawar]]
| founders        = [[Uddhav Thackeray]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Sharad Pawar]]&lt;br/&gt;[[Prithviraj Chavan]]
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The '''Maha Vikas Aghadi''' ({{Translation|Grand Development Front}}; abbreviated as '''MVA'''), is a state-level [[political alliance]] of [[Centrism|centre]] to [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]]{{Efn|The alliance titls slightly to the left with the [[Indian National Congress|INC]] and [[Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar|NCP (SP)]] being left wing and [[Shiv Sena (UBT)|SHS (UBT)]] being centre-right.}} political parties in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]]. It is one of the two major political alliances in Maharashtra, the other one being [[Maha Yuti]]. The alliance was formed under the leadership of [[Uddhav Thackeray]] of [[Shiv Sena (UBT)|SHS (UBT)]] (then [[Shiv Sena]]), [[Sharad Pawar]] of the [[Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar|NCP(SP)]] (then [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]) and [[Sonia Gandhi]] of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]], along with the support from the [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] and several other political parties.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |date=8 June 2022 |title=Peasants and Workers Party MLA Shyamsundar Shinde, CPI(M) member Vinod Nikole and Swabhimani Paksha MLA Devendra Bhuyar are the MLAs from smaller parties who were present for the MVA meeting. |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/rs-polls-mva-puts-up-a-show-of-unity-independents-smaller-allies-assure-support-101654627567842.html}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Sena NCP Congress alliance could be named Maha Vasooli Aghadi |url=https://www.clipper28.com/en/sena-ncp-congress-alliance-could-be-named-maha-vasooli-aghadi/ |access-date=26 November 2019 |website=Clipper28.com }}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |date=3 February 2023 |title=Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/maharashtra-legislative-council-polls-mva-wins-in-3-assembly-constituencies-2330145-2023-02-03}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;=&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[[Maharashtra Legislative Council]]&lt;/ref&gt;  Most of the MVA constituents are members of the [[Indian National Congress]]-led [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]] at [[Pan-Indianism|pan-India]] level. The MVA alliance won 30 seats out of 48 seats in the [[2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra|2024 Lok Sabha Election in Maharashtra]] whereas on the other hand, the MVA suffered a setback in 2024, when it could only win a record low of 50 seats (including 2 of SP, which has left the alliance) in the [[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]], with none of the parties even managing to get the number of seats to have a leader of opposition in the assembly. This stripped its status as the official opposition in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]].


<br>([[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]])
==Formation==
|secretary          = [[Balasaheb Thorat]] <br /> {{small|([[Ministry of Revenue (Maharashtra)|Revenue Minister MH]])}} <br>([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
The alliance was formed by non-[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] political parties in Maharashtra as a result of [[2019 Maharashtra political crisis]] where the [[Shiv Sena]] left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] and other important portfolio positions after the [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]]. [[Sharad Pawar]], [[Sanjay Raut]], [[Ahmed Patel]] and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in [[Second Modi ministry|Modi's cabinet]], [[Arvind Sawant]], tendered his resignation.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/943299/maharashtra-shiv-sena-mp-arvind-sawant-resigns-as-union-minister-attacks-bjp|title=Shiv Sena's MP Arvind Sawant resigns from Modi cabinet|website=Scroll.in|date=11 November 2019 |access-date=26 November 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;
|foundation        = 26 November 2019
|ideology          ={{Nowrap|[[Big tent]]<br>'''Factions:'''<br>[[Right-wing populism]]<ref>https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-shiv-sena-likely-to-adopt-soft-hindutva-approach-in-coalition-government-in-line-with-congress-ncp-s-demands-sources-2802020</ref><br>[[Liberalism]]<ref name="jha">{{cite web |last1=Jha |first1=Giridhar |title=Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-the-politricks-of-alliance/302350 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=27 December 2019 |date=25 November 2019}}</ref><br>[[Secularism]]<ref name="J.Soper">{{cite book |last1=Soper |first1=J. Christopher |last2=Fetzer |first2=Joel S. |date=2018 |title=Religion and Nationalism in Global Perspective |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y7BoDwAAQBAJ |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=200–210 |isbn=978-1-107-18943-0 }}</ref><br>[[Gandhism]]<ref>https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/pawar-praises-uddhav-says-ncp-committed-to-gandhi-nehru-ideology-121091000887_1.html</ref><br />[[Economic nationalism]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Sunila|last=Kale|title=Electrifying India: Regional Political Economies of Development|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|year=2014|page=94}}</ref><br>[[Social democracy]]<ref>{{cite book|title=India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal Phase|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnAlnDZ2KcYC&q=India+at+the+Polls|page=78|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2003|first1=Mahendra Prasad|last1=Singh|first2=Rekha|last2=Saxena|isbn=978-8-125-02328-9}}</ref>}}
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The '''Maha Vikas Aghadi''' or '''Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi''' (English: ''Maharashtra Development Front''), abbreviated as '''MVA''', is a state-level [[Political alliance|political coalition]] formed after the [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]] under the leadership of [[Uddhav Thackeray]] of [[Shiv Sena]], [[Sharad Pawar]] of the [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] and [[Sonia Gandhi]] of the [[Indian National Congress|INC]], along with the support from the [[Samajwadi Party]], [[Peasants and Workers Party of India|PWPI]], [[Omprakash Babarao Kadu|Prahar Janshakti Party]] and several other political parties including Independent MLAs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.clipper28.com/en/sena-ncp-congress-alliance-could-be-named-maha-vasooli-aghadi/|title=Sena NCP Congress alliance could be named Maha Vasooli Aghadi|website=Clipper28.com|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>


[[Uddhav Thackeray]] was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of the office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] state.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-govt-formation-highlights-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-meet-governor-today-stake-claim-swearing-in-tomorrow-ajit-pawar-devendra-fadnavis-resigns-maharashtra-bjp-cm-7698881.html|title=Udhav Thackeray named as CM candidate of Maha Vikas Aghadi|website=First Post|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms|title=Udhav Thackeray swearing in as CM|website=Times of India|access-date=28 November 2019}}</ref>
[[Uddhav Thackeray]] was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of the office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th [[List of chief ministers of Maharashtra|Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] state.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |date=26 November 2019 |title=Udhav Thackeray named as CM candidate of Maha Vikas Aghadi |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/maharashtra-govt-formation-highlights-shiv-sena-ncp-congress-meet-governor-today-stake-claim-swearing-in-tomorrow-ajit-pawar-devendra-fadnavis-resigns-maharashtra-bjp-cm-7698881.html |access-date=26 November 2019 |website=First Post}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Udhav Thackeray swearing in as CM |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-government-formation-news-live-uddhav-thackeray-swearing-in-as-cm/liveblog/72270170.cms |access-date=28 November 2019 |website=Times of India}}&lt;/ref&gt;


==Formation==
In 2022, during a party meeting, [[Uddhav Thackeray]] explained his move to pull out of NDA. He said, "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance  
The alliance was formed by non-[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] political parties in Maharashtra as a result of [[2019 Maharashtra political crisis]] where the [[Shiv Sena]] left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Chief Minister]] and other important portfolio positions after the [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]]. [[Sharad Pawar]], [[Sanjay Raut]], [[Ahmed Patel]] and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in [[Second Modi ministry|Modi's cabinet]], [[Arvind Sawant]], tendered his resignation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/943299/maharashtra-shiv-sena-mp-arvind-sawant-resigns-as-union-minister-attacks-bjp|title=Shiv Sena's MP Arvind Sawant resigns from Modi cabinet|website=Scroll.in|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
with BJP."&lt;ref name="Wasted 25 Years"&gt;{{cite news |title="Wasted 25 Years In Alliance With BJP...," Says Uddhav Thackeray |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uddhav-thackeray-says-wasted-25-years-in-alliance-with-bjp-2725461 |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=NDTV.com |date=23 January 2022}}&lt;/ref&gt;


In 2022, during a party meeting, [[Uddhav Thackeray]] explained his move to pull out of NDA to join UPA. He said, "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance with BJP"<ref name="Wasted 25 Years">{{cite news |title="Wasted 25 Years In Alliance With BJP...," Says Uddhav Thackeray |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uddhav-thackeray-says-wasted-25-years-in-alliance-with-bjp-2725461 |access-date=24 January 2022 |work=NDTV.com |date=23 January 2022}}</ref>
In the [[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election]], the governing [[Maha Yuti]] won a large majority. The MVA won only 50 seats in the legislative assembly, with none of its constituent parties winning enough seats to nominate a leader of the opposition.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=In a first in six decades, no Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/in-a-first-in-six-decades-no-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly/article68904861.ece|work=The Hindu|date=24 November 2024|access-date=24 November 2024|archive-date=24 November 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241124063557/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/maharashtra-assembly/in-a-first-in-six-decades-no-leader-of-opposition-in-maharashtra-assembly/article68904861.ece|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt;


==Working==
==Working==
Given the varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees for guidance of the coalition. A co-ordination committee for implementation of common minimum programme and other higher decision making committee that will include party chiefs. The current MVA government includes [[Shiv Sena]] leaders [[Eknath Shinde]] & [[Subhash Desai]], [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] leaders [[Chhagan Bhujbal]] & [[Jayant Patil]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leaders [[Balasaheb Thorat]] and [[Nitin Raut]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-election-2019/two-panels-to-guide-maharashtra-vikas-aghadi-778689.html|title=Two panels to guide maha Vikas Aghadi|website=Deccan Herald|access-date=26 November 2019}}</ref>
Given the varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees to guide the coalition: a coordination committee for the implementation of a common minimum programme and a higher decision-making committee that would include the party chiefs.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/assembly-election-2019/two-panels-to-guide-maharashtra-vikas-aghadi-778689.html|title=Two panels to guide maha Vikas Aghadi|website=Deccan Herald|date=22 November 2019 |access-date=26 November 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;


== Current alliance members ==
==History==
* note: MPs in the [[Rajya Sabha]] And [[Lok Sabha]] only include those from Maharashtra seats
===Shiv Sena left NDA===
{{main|2019 Maharashtra political crisis}}
A political crisis in the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] occurred on 21 October 2019 after the declaration of results of the [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019 legislative assembly election]] over the formation of a new [[Government of Maharashtra|state government]]. The incumbent [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] [[Shiv Sena]] alliance crossed the majority of 145 seats needed in the assembly by winning a total of 161 seats in the alliance. Individually BJP won 105 and SHS won 56 seats. The Opposition [[Democratic Front (India)|INC-NCP]] Alliance with 106 seats did not reach the majority mark. Individually INC won 44 and NCP won 54 seats.


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===Shiv Sena's Shinde faction breakaway===
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{{main|2022 Maharashtra political crisis}}
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[[Eknath Shinde]], a senior Shiv Sena leader, wanted to break the Maha Vikas Aghadi and establish [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]-[[Shiv Sena]] coalition again.
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Subsequently he gathered the support of 2/3rd members of his party.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=Maharashtra: The political crisis brewing in India's richest state |date=22 June 2022 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61891133 }}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |title=Maharashtra crisis: Uddhav Thackeray-led faction in hopeless .. |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 June 2022 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maharashtra-crisis-uddhav-thackeray-led-faction-in-hopeless-minority-within-party-eknath-shinde-to-sc/articleshow/92550287.cms }}&lt;/ref&gt; On 29 June, Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of Chief Minister ahead of the [[No-confidence motion]].
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Eknath Shinde took oath as the new Chief Minister with [[Devendra Fadnavis]] as Deputy CM on 30 June.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web |title=Eknath Shinde Takes Oath As Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis His Deputy |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/eknath-shinde-is-new-maharashtra-chief-minister-oath-at-7-30-pm-3115030 }}&lt;/ref&gt;
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! style="width:150px;"|[[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly]]<br>(As of 7 June 2021)
===NCP's Ajit Pawar faction breakaway===
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{{main|2023 Maharashtra political crisis}}
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[[Ajit Pawar]] takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, [[Nationalist Congress Party]] breaks into two camps and 9 NCP MLAs with former UPA Minister [[Praful Patel]] take oath as Cabinet Minister in [[Eknath Shinde]]-led [[Government of Maharashtra]].
(As of 7 June 2021)
==Current alliance members==
 
*Note: MPs in the [[Rajya Sabha]] And [[Lok Sabha]] only include those from Maharashtra seats


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| style="text-align: center;" | 2
|{{Composition bar|0|78|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|{{Composition bar|0|19|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|-
|-
|style="text-align: center;" | 8
|bgcolor={{Party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}|
|Independents
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Whistle.png|frameless|50x50px]]
|
|
|
|{{Composition bar|1|288|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|style="text-align: center;" | 8
|{{Composition bar|0|78|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
|{{Composition bar|0|48|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|{{Composition bar|0|19|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|-
|-
| colspan ="4" style="text-align: center;"|'''Total'''
!colspan="4"|'''Total'''
| style="text-align: center;" |'''171/288'''
!{{Composition bar|48|288|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" |'''41/78'''
!{{Composition bar|16|78|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" |'''23/48'''
!{{Composition bar|31|48|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
| style="text-align: center;" |'''10/19'''
!{{Composition bar|7|19|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|-
|-
|}
|}


==List of Chief Ministers==
===List of Rajya Sabha members===
{{See also|List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra}}
{{Main|List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra}}
Following is the list of the Chief Ministers of [[Maharashtra]] from Maha Vikas Aghadi.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
!No
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
! style="width:200px" | Name
|-
!colspan="2"| Party affiliation
! rowspan ="2" style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | No.
!Date of &lt;br /&gt;Appointment
! rowspan ="2" style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Chief Ministers
!Date of &lt;br /&gt;Retirement
! rowspan ="2" style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Portrait
! Colspan="3"  style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Term in Office
! rowspan ="2" style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Assembly
! rowspan ="2" style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Constituency
! rowspan ="2" style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Other Posts Held
|-
|-
! style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Start
!1
! style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | End
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
! style="background-color:#1DACD6; color:white" | Tenure
|{{party name with colour|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)| rowspan=2}}
|03-Apr-2020
|02-Apr-2026
|-
|-
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
!2
| rowspan="1" |1
|[[Fouzia Khan]]
| rowspan="1" |[[Uddhav Thackeray]]
|03-Apr-2020
| rowspan="1" |[[File:Uddhav Thackeray.png|center|146x146px]]
|02Apr-2026
| rowspan="1" |28 November 2019
| rowspan="1" |Incumbent
| rowspan="1" | {{age in years and days|2019|11|28}}
 
|14th Assembly
| rowspan ="1" |[[Maharashtra Legislative Council|MLC]]
| rowspan ="1" |President of Shiv Sena, [[Saamana|Editor-in-chief of Saamana]]
|- style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;"
|-
|-
|}
!3
 
|[[Chandrakant Handore]]
== Political Parties ==
|{{party name with colour|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
 
|03-Apr-2024
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|02 Apr-2030
|-
|-
! style="width:30px;"|No
!4
! style="width:30px;"|Party
|[[Imran Pratapgarhi]]
! style="width:30px;"|Symbol
|05-Jul-2022
! style="width:50px;"|Flag
|04-Jul-2028
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Shiv Sena}}; text-align: center;" | 1
!5
| [[Shiv Sena]]
|[[Rajni Patil]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.png|150px]]
|27-Sep-2021
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Logo of Shiv Sena.svg|150px]]
|02-Apr-2026
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align: center;" | 2
!6
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|[[Priyanka Chaturvedi]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Clock symbol of NCP.png|150px]]
|{{Party name with colour|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)|rowspan=3}}
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Flag of Nationalist Congress Party.svg|150px]]
|03-Apr-2020
|02-Apr-2026
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}; text-align: center;" | 3
!7
| [[Indian National Congress]]  
|[[Sanjay Raut]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Hand INC.svg|150px]]
|05-Jul-2022
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:INC Flag Official.jpg|150px]]
|04-Jul-2028
|}
 
===List of Lok Sabha members===
{{Main|List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha}}
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #800080; text-align: center;"| 4
!No
|[[Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi]]
!Constituency
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Pea Whistle.jpg|150px]]
!Name
| style="text-align: center;" | -
!colspan="2" |Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #FF0000;text-align: center; | 5
|1
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency|Nandurbar]] (ST)
|style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|150px]]
|Adv. Gowaal K Padavi
| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Samajwadi Party Flag.jpg|150px]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|style="background-color: #0000FF; text-align: center;" | 6
|2
|[[Prahar Janshakti Party]]  
|[[Dhule Lok Sabha constituency|Dhule]]
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|Dr. Shobha Dinesh Bachhav
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Peasants and Workers Party of India}}; text-align: center;" | 7
|3
|[[Peasants and Workers Party of India|Peasants And Workers Party Of India]]
|[[Amravati Lok Sabha constituency|Amravati]] (SC)
| style="text-align: center;" |-
|[[Balwant Basawant Wankhede]]
| style="text-align: center;" |
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|}
|4
 
|[[Wardha Lok Sabha constituency|Wardha]]
== Status in Municipal Corporations ==
|[[Amar Sharadrao Kale]]
{| class="wikitable"
|{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|+Alliance wise status
!Municipal Corporation
!Seats
!Ruling Party
!Last election
|-
|-
|[[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]]
|5
|{{Composition bar|137|227|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency|Ramtek]] (SC)
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|[[Shyamkumar Barve|Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve]]
|2017
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Pune Municipal Corporation]]
|6
|{{Composition bar|64|162|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Bhandara–Gondiya Lok Sabha constituency|Bhandara–Gondiya]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Prashant Yadaorao Padole|Dr. Prashant Yadavrao Padole]]
|2017
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Nagpur Municipal Corporation]]
|7
|{{Composition bar|32|151|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Gadchiroli–Chimur Lok Sabha constituency|Gadchiroli–Chimur]] (ST)
|2017
|[[Namdeo Kirsan|Dr. Namdeo Dasaram Kirsan]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Thane Municipal Corporation]]
|8
|{{Composition bar|104|131|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chandrapur]]
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|[[Pratibha Dhanorkar|Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar]]
|2017
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation|Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation]], Pune
|9
|{{Composition bar|45|128|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Yavatmal–Washim Lok Sabha constituency|Yavatmal–Washim]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Sanjay Deshmukh]]
|2017
|{{party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Nashik Municipal Corporation]]
|10
|{{Composition bar|47|122|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Hingoli Lok Sabha constituency|Hingoli]]
|2017
|[[Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar]]
|{{party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Solapur Municipal Corporation]]
|11
|{{Composition bar|39|102|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Nanded Lok Sabha constituency|Nanded]]
|2017
|[[Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Amravati Municipal Corporation]]
|12
|{{Composition bar|22|87|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Parbhani Lok Sabha constituency|Parbhani]]
|2017
|[[Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav]]
|{{party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation]]
|13
|{{Composition bar|54|78|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Jalna Lok Sabha constituency|Jalna]]
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|Dr. [[Kalyan Kale]]
|2017
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Akola Municipal Corporation]]
|14
|{{Composition bar|26|80|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Dindori Lok Sabha constituency|Dindori]] (ST)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Bhaskar Bhagare
|2017
|{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Jalgaon Municipal Corporation]]
|15
|{{Composition bar|60|75|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Nashik Lok Sabha constituency|Nashik]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Shiv Sena]]
|[[Rajabhau Waje]]
|
|{{party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation]]
|16
|{{Composition bar|42|68|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Bhiwandi Lok Sabha constituency|Bhiwandi]]
|
|Suresh Mhatre
|{{party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation]]
|17
|{{Composition bar|88|122|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Mumbai North East Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North East]]
|
|[[Sanjay Dina Patil]]
|{{party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation]]
|18
|{{Composition bar|51|111|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Mumbai North Central Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North Central]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Varsha Gaikwad]]
|2017
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation]]
|19
|{{Composition bar|40|78|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai South Central]]
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|[[Anil Desai]]
|
|{{Party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Panvel Municipal Corporation]]
|20
|{{Composition bar|27|78|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai South]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Arvind Sawant]]
|
|{{Party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Parbhani Municipal Corporation]]
|21
|{{Composition bar|54|65|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Baramati Lok Sabha constituency|Baramati]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Supriya Sule]]
|
|{{Party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Nanded-Waghala Municipal Corporation]]
|22
|{{Composition bar|74|81|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Shirur Lok Sabha constituency|Shirur]]
|
|[[Amol Kolhe]]
|{{Party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Malegaon Municipal Corporation]]
|23
|{{Composition bar|60|84|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Ahmednagar Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmednagar]]
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|[[Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke]]
|
|{{Party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Dhule Municipal Corporation]]
|24
|{{Composition bar|15|74|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Shirdi Lok Sabha constituency|Shirdi]] (SC)
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure]]
|
|{{Party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Latur Municipal Corporation]]
|25
|{{Composition bar|37|70|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Beed Lok Sabha constituency|Beed]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Bajrang Sonawane
|
|{{Party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation]]
|26
|{{Composition bar|33|95|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency|Osmanabad]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Omprakash Rajenimbalkar]]
|2017
|{{Party name with color|Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)}}
|-
|-
|[[Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation]]
|27
|{{Composition bar|6|115|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Latur Lok Sabha constituency|Latur]] (SC)
|[[Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi]]
|Dr. Shivajirao Kalge
|
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation]]
|28
|{{Composition bar|65|90|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Solapur Lok Sabha constituency|Solapur]] (SC)
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde]]
|
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
|[[Kolhapur Municipal Corporation]]
|29
|{{Composition bar|63|81|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Madha Lok Sabha constituency|Madha]]
|
|Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil
|{{Party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}
|-
|-
|[[Chandrapur Municipal Corporation]]
|30
|{{Composition bar|36|66|{{party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|[[Kolhapur Lok Sabha constituency|Kolhapur]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}
 
==Electoral performance==
===Indian General Election results (In Maharashtra)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}};| Year
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Seats won/&lt;br /&gt; Seats contested
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Change in Seats
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| +/- (%)
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Popular vote
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|30|48|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|{{increase}} 32
|43.71%
|{{increase}} 11.14%
|25,015,819
|}
 
===Legislative Assembly Election===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}};| Year
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Seats won/&lt;br /&gt; Seats contested
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Change in Seats
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Voteshare (%)
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| +/- (%)
! style="background-color:{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}| Popular vote
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|{{Composition bar|50|288|{{Party color|Maha Vikas Aghadi}}}}
|{{decrease}}26
|35.16
|
|
|22,710,220
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
 
! rowspan="2" |Region
== Past members ==
! rowspan="2" |Total seats
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan="4" |Current Seats of Maha Vikas Aghadi
|-
! colspan="2" style="width:30px;" |Party
! style="width:80px;"|Base State
! style="width:60px;"|Year of withdrawal
|-
|-
![[Shiv Sena]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Prahar Janshakti Party}}; text-align: center;" |
![[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| [[Prahar Janshakti Party]]
![[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Maharashtra]]
!Others
| style="text-align: center;" | 2022
|-
|-
|Western Maharashtra
|style="background-color:{{party color|Bahujan Vikas Aghadi}}; text-align: center;" |
|70
| [[Bahujan Vikas Aghadi]]
|05
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Maharashtra]]
|'''26'''
| style="text-align: center;" | 2022
|12
|-
|03
|style="background-color:{{party color|Shiv Sena}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Shiv Sena]]
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Maharashtra]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 2022
|-
|-
|Vidarbha
|style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align: center;" |
|62
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|04
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Maharashtra]]
|06
| style="text-align: center;" | 2023
|'''15'''
|03
|-
|-
|Marathwada
|style="background-color:{{party color|Swabhimani Paksha}}; text-align: center;" |
|46
| [[Swabhimani Paksha|Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathan]]
|'''12'''
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Maharashtra]]
|08
| style="text-align: center;" | 2023
|07
|04
|-
|-
|Thane+Konkan
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}; text-align: center;" |
|39
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|'''15'''
| style="text-align: center;" | [[Bihar]]
|05
| style="text-align: center;" | 2024
|00
|04
|-
|-
|Mumbai
| style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Samaj Paksha}}; text-align: center;" |
|36
|[[Rashtriya Samaj Paksha]]
|'''14'''
| style="text-align: center;" |[[Maharashtra]]
|01
| style="text-align: center;" | 2024
|04
|01
|-
|-
|North Maharashtra
| style="background-color:{{party color|Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi}}; text-align: center;" |
|35
|[[Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi]]
|07
| style="text-align: center;" |
|'''08'''
[[Maharashtra]]
|04
| style="text-align: center;" | 2024
|03
|-
|-
!'''Total'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Spoils of five-point duel|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1141020/jsp/nation/story_18944791.jsp|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>
| style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}; text-align: center;" |
!'''288'''
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
!57
| style="text-align: center;" |
!53
[[Uttar Pradesh]]
!43
| style="text-align: center;" | 2024
!18
|}
|}


== References==
==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2019]]
[[Category:Political parties in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Political parties in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Political party alliances in India]]
[[Category:Political party alliances in India]]
==See also==
* [[Muslim-Yadav formula]]

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Maha Vikas Aghadi
AbbreviationMVA
LeaderAditya Thackeray<br/>(Leader of the largest opposition party, SS (UBT))
PresidentUddhav Thackeray
ChairpersonSharad Pawar
SecretaryBalasaheb Thorat
SpokespersonClyde Crasto<ref>"'Tutari Coming to Shake Delhi's Throne': Sharad Pawar's NCP Gets New Poll Symbol".</ref>
Rajya Sabha LeaderSharad Pawar
Lok Sabha LeaderSupriya Sule
FoundersUddhav Thackeray<br/>Sharad Pawar<br/>Prithviraj Chavan
Founded26 November 2019; 6 years ago (2019-11-26)
Preceded byDemocratic Front
Political positionBig tent[lower-alpha 1]
National affiliationINDIA
Colours  Blue
Rajya Sabha
7 / 19
Lok Sabha
31 / 48
Maharashtra Legislative Council
16 / 78
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
48 / 288

The Maha Vikas Aghadi (transl. Grand Development Front; abbreviated as MVA), is a state-level political alliance of centre to centre-left[lower-alpha 2] political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the two major political alliances in Maharashtra, the other one being Maha Yuti. The alliance was formed under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of SHS (UBT) (then Shiv Sena), Sharad Pawar of the NCP(SP) (then NCP) and Sonia Gandhi of the INC, along with the support from the PWPI, CPI(M) and several other political parties.<ref>"Peasants and Workers Party MLA Shyamsundar Shinde, CPI(M) member Vinod Nikole and Swabhimani Paksha MLA Devendra Bhuyar are the MLAs from smaller parties who were present for the MVA meeting". 8 June 2022.</ref><ref>"Sena NCP Congress alliance could be named Maha Vasooli Aghadi". Clipper28.com. Retrieved 26 November 2019.[permanent dead link]</ref><ref>"Maharashtra Legislative Council polls: MVA bags 3 seats, defeats BJP on Gadkari's home turf". 3 February 2023.</ref><ref>=</ref><ref>Maharashtra Legislative Council</ref> Most of the MVA constituents are members of the Indian National Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at pan-India level. The MVA alliance won 30 seats out of 48 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha Election in Maharashtra whereas on the other hand, the MVA suffered a setback in 2024, when it could only win a record low of 50 seats (including 2 of SP, which has left the alliance) in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with none of the parties even managing to get the number of seats to have a leader of opposition in the assembly. This stripped its status as the official opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Formation

The alliance was formed by non-NDA political parties in Maharashtra as a result of 2019 Maharashtra political crisis where the Shiv Sena left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for Chief Minister and other important portfolio positions after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut, Ahmed Patel and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in Modi's cabinet, Arvind Sawant, tendered his resignation.<ref>"Shiv Sena's MP Arvind Sawant resigns from Modi cabinet". Scroll.in. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.</ref>

Uddhav Thackeray was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of the office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra state.<ref>"Udhav Thackeray named as CM candidate of Maha Vikas Aghadi". First Post. 26 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.</ref><ref>"Udhav Thackeray swearing in as CM". Times of India. Retrieved 28 November 2019.</ref>

In 2022, during a party meeting, Uddhav Thackeray explained his move to pull out of NDA. He said, "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance with BJP."<ref name="Wasted 25 Years">""Wasted 25 Years In Alliance With BJP...," Says Uddhav Thackeray". NDTV.com. 23 January 2022. Retrieved 24 January 2022.</ref>

In the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, the governing Maha Yuti won a large majority. The MVA won only 50 seats in the legislative assembly, with none of its constituent parties winning enough seats to nominate a leader of the opposition.<ref>"In a first in six decades, no Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly". The Hindu. 24 November 2024. Archived from the original on 24 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.</ref>

Working

Given the varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees to guide the coalition: a coordination committee for the implementation of a common minimum programme and a higher decision-making committee that would include the party chiefs.<ref>"Two panels to guide maha Vikas Aghadi". Deccan Herald. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 26 November 2019.</ref>

History

Shiv Sena left NDA

Main article: 2019 Maharashtra political crisis

A political crisis in the Indian state of Maharashtra occurred on 21 October 2019 after the declaration of results of the 2019 legislative assembly election over the formation of a new state government. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena alliance crossed the majority of 145 seats needed in the assembly by winning a total of 161 seats in the alliance. Individually BJP won 105 and SHS won 56 seats. The Opposition INC-NCP Alliance with 106 seats did not reach the majority mark. Individually INC won 44 and NCP won 54 seats.

Shiv Sena's Shinde faction breakaway

Main article: 2022 Maharashtra political crisis

Eknath Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader, wanted to break the Maha Vikas Aghadi and establish BJP-Shiv Sena coalition again. Subsequently he gathered the support of 2/3rd members of his party.<ref>"Maharashtra: The political crisis brewing in India's richest state". 22 June 2022.</ref><ref>"Maharashtra crisis: Uddhav Thackeray-led faction in hopeless ." The Times of India. 29 June 2022.</ref> On 29 June, Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of Chief Minister ahead of the No-confidence motion. Eknath Shinde took oath as the new Chief Minister with Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy CM on 30 June.<ref>"Eknath Shinde Takes Oath As Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis His Deputy".</ref>

NCP's Ajit Pawar faction breakaway

Main article: 2023 Maharashtra political crisis

Ajit Pawar takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party breaks into two camps and 9 NCP MLAs with former UPA Minister Praful Patel take oath as Cabinet Minister in Eknath Shinde-led Government of Maharashtra.

Current alliance members

Party Symbol Flag MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly MLCs in Maharashtra Council MPs in Lok Sabha MPs in Rajya Sabha
Indian National Congress
16 / 288
6 / 78
14 / 48
3 / 19
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)
20 / 288
6 / 78
9 / 48
2 / 19
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) File:NCP-SP flag.jpg
10 / 288
3 / 78
8 / 48
2 / 19
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1 / 288
0 / 78
0 / 48
0 / 19
Communist Party of India
0 / 288
0 / 78
0 / 48
0 / 19
Peasants and Workers Party of India
1 / 288
0 / 78
0 / 48
0 / 19
Total
48 / 288
16 / 78
31 / 48
7 / 19

List of Rajya Sabha members

Main article: List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra
No Name Party affiliation Date of <br />Appointment Date of <br />Retirement
1 Sharad Pawar Nationalist Congress Party 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026
2 Fouzia Khan 03-Apr-2020 02Apr-2026
3 Chandrakant Handore INC 03-Apr-2024 02 Apr-2030
4 Imran Pratapgarhi 05-Jul-2022 04-Jul-2028
5 Rajni Patil 27-Sep-2021 02-Apr-2026
6 Priyanka Chaturvedi Shiv Sena 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026
7 Sanjay Raut 05-Jul-2022 04-Jul-2028

List of Lok Sabha members

Main article: List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha
No Constituency Name Party
1 Nandurbar (ST) Adv. Gowaal K Padavi INC
2 Dhule Dr. Shobha Dinesh Bachhav INC
3 Amravati (SC) Balwant Basawant Wankhede INC
4 Wardha Amar Sharadrao Kale Nationalist Congress Party
5 Ramtek (SC) Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve INC
6 Bhandara–Gondiya Dr. Prashant Yadavrao Padole INC
7 Gadchiroli–Chimur (ST) Dr. Namdeo Dasaram Kirsan INC
8 Chandrapur Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar INC
9 Yavatmal–Washim Sanjay Deshmukh Shiv Sena
10 Hingoli Nagesh Bapurao Patil Ashtikar Shiv Sena
11 Nanded Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan INC
12 Parbhani Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav Shiv Sena
13 Jalna Dr. Kalyan Kale INC
14 Dindori (ST) Bhaskar Bhagare Nationalist Congress Party
15 Nashik Rajabhau Waje Shiv Sena
16 Bhiwandi Suresh Mhatre Nationalist Congress Party
17 Mumbai North East Sanjay Dina Patil Shiv Sena
18 Mumbai North Central Varsha Gaikwad INC
19 Mumbai South Central Anil Desai Shiv Sena
20 Mumbai South Arvind Sawant Shiv Sena
21 Baramati Supriya Sule Nationalist Congress Party
22 Shirur Amol Kolhe Nationalist Congress Party
23 Ahmednagar Nilesh Dnyandev Lanke Nationalist Congress Party
24 Shirdi (SC) Bhausaheb Rajaram Wakchaure Shiv Sena
25 Beed Bajrang Sonawane Nationalist Congress Party
26 Osmanabad Omprakash Rajenimbalkar Shiv Sena
27 Latur (SC) Dr. Shivajirao Kalge INC
28 Solapur (SC) Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde INC
29 Madha Dhairyasheel Mohite Patil Nationalist Congress Party
30 Kolhapur Shahu Chhatrapati Maharaj INC

Electoral performance

Indian General Election results (In Maharashtra)

Year Seats won/<br /> Seats contested Change in Seats Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Popular vote
2024
30 / 48
 Increase 32 43.71% Increase 11.14% 25,015,819

Legislative Assembly Election

Year Seats won/<br /> Seats contested Change in Seats Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Popular vote
2024
50 / 288
 Decrease26 35.16 22,710,220

Past members

Party Base State Year of withdrawal
Prahar Janshakti Party Maharashtra 2022
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Maharashtra 2022
Shiv Sena Maharashtra 2022
Nationalist Congress Party Maharashtra 2023
Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathan Maharashtra 2023
Janata Dal (United) Bihar 2024
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Maharashtra 2024
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi

Maharashtra

2024
Samajwadi Party

Uttar Pradesh

2024

Notes

  1. ↑ Members consists of right-wing to left parties.
  2. ↑ The alliance titls slightly to the left with the INC and NCP (SP) being left wing and SHS (UBT) being centre-right.

References

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