Maha Yuti

The Maha Yuti or the Grand Alliance was an Indian Political Alliance that existed in the state of Maharashtra, with the Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party as the Primary stakeholders of the Alliance, the Alliance existed from 1989 till 2019, when both parties although gained majority in the recent 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, failed to approach on a common consensus regarding the sharing of Chief Ministerial Post, thus formally ending the 30 year old Alliance.

Formation

In 1989, Shiv Sena Supremo Balasaheb Thackeray approached Pramod Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party to form an Alliance for the upcoming State polls, As both the parties were and are sharing a common ideology of Hindutva, it was easier for them to chalk out an Alliance. Pramod Mahajan conveyed this message to the then Bharatiya Janata Party leaders L. K. Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, both agreed to form the alliance with seeing this as an opportunity to expand in the West politically.

After the acceptance of Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena, Bal Thackeray from Shiv Sena and L. K. Advani from the Bharatiya Janata Party exchanged conversations in rapid meetings held in Mumbai and Delhi respectively.

The Alliance fought the 1989 Indian general election together in Maharashtra with the Bharatiya Janata Party contesting on 22 seats and the Shiv Sena on 6 seats.

Maha Yuti
Abbreviation	MY
President	Uddhav Thackeray (SS)
Chairperson	Devendra Fadnavis (BJP)
Founder	Balasaheb Thackeray
Founded	1989
Ideology	Big Tent
Alliance	NDA
Seats in Lok Sabha	41 / 48
Seats in Rajya Sabha	11 / 19
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	161 / 288
Seats in Maharashtra Legislative Council	54 / 78
Number of states and union territories in government	1 / 31
Politics of India Political parties Elections

Emerging of Main Opposition against the INC in Maharashtra

Just after the formation of the alliance, the next year 1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly elections were held. The Shiv Sena contested on 183 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party contested on 104 seats. The election saw the MahaYuti gaining the main opposition status against the lone Indian National Congress.

Electoral Performance

Year	Election	Seats won	Change of Seats	Role
1990	1990 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	94 / 288 (33%)	68	Opposition
1995	1995 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	152 / 288 (53%)	58	Government
1999	1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	125 / 288 (43%)	14	Opposition
2004	2004 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	116 / 288 (40%)	9	Opposition
2009	2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	91 / 288 (32%)	25	Opposition
2014	2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	185 / 288 (64%)	94	Government
2019	2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election	161 / 288 (56%)	24	Alliance Ended