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After weeks of hectic deliberations the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi in Maharashtra has announced its seat-sharing deal under which the Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest 21 Lok Sabha seats, the Congress 17 and the NCP (SCP) 10 seats in Maharashtra.
NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray and state Congress president Nana Patole announced the poll pact for the 48 parliamentary seats in the state at a press conference here after weeks of negotiations.
The Lok Sabha polls will be held in the state in five phases from April 19 to May 20. Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats .
All the three parties are also part of the Opposition’s I.N.D.I.A bloc to challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance .
