2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra

2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra
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All 48 Maharashtra seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout61.02% (Increase0.70%)
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Nitin Gadkari Arvind Sawant
Party BJP Shiv Sena (1966–2022)
Alliance NDA NDA
Leader's seat Nagpur (won) Mumbai South (won)
Last election 23 18
Seats won 23 18
Seat change Steady Steady
Percentage 27.84 23.50%
Swing Increase 0.28pp Increase 2.68pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
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Ashok Chavan With Coat.jpeg
Leader Supriya Sule Ashok Chavan
Party NCP INC
Alliance UPA UPA
Leader's seat Baramati (won) Nanded (lost)
Last election 4 2
Seats won 4 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Percentage 15.66% 16.41%
Swing Decrease 0.46pp Decrease 1.88pp
Prime Minister before election

Narendra Modi
BJP

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in April 2019. These were held for 48 seats in 4 phases; 11 April (7 seats), 18 April (10 seats), 23 April (14 seats) and 29 April 2019 (17 seats).[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

  1. ^ "Lok Sabha election 2019: Maharashtra polling schedule". Hindustan Times. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. ^ "BJP and Shiv Sena seal deal for 2019 Lok Sabha polls; to contest in 25, 23 seats respectively". Economic Times. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Congress-NCP announce seat-sharing pact in Maharashtra". Economic Times. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.