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Maharashtra is the second-biggest constituency in India, the state consists of 48 seats for the members of Lok Sabha.
During the 2019 Indian general election in India, in the state of Maharashtra, Lok Sabha elections were held in April 2019. The fight for the 48 seats was held in 4 phases i.e., 11 April (7 seats), 18 April (10 seats), 23 April (14 seats), and 29 April 2019 (17 seats).
The major contenders in the state are the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA). UPA consisted of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party whereas the NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena.
In February 2019, BJP and Shiv Sena again announced alliance with 25 seats for BJP and 23 for Shiv Sena.
In March 2019, Congress and NCP also announced their alliance with each contesting 26 and 22 seats respectively. Of the 26 seats of INC, 1 seat each would be given to Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) and Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana (SSS). Similarly, NCP would also forgo of two seats; one each to SSS and one to Yuva Swabhiman Party.
The NDA alliance won 41 seats out of 48, and 5 seats were won by the UPA and 1 seat by AIMIM+VBA.
2024 general elections in the Indian state of Maharashtra, will take place in five phases, the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced in March.
The polls are scheduled to be held between April 19 and May 20. The results, like the rest of the country, will be announced on June 4.