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Maharashtra Lok Sabha 2024 reshuffle as Shiv Sena and NCP splits reshape alliance math
Politics
Published on 24 April 2026
Nearly all Sena seats moved to the BJP
Maharashtra’s Lok Sabha contest looks set to change after splits in Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party. In 2019, BJP and Shiv Sena combined won 41 of 48 seats, with BJP leading. Now most of Sena is allied with BJP, while NCP’s Ajit Pawar has joined Eknath Shinde’s ruling alliance, redrawing voter expectations.
- Shiv Sena’s split has pushed most of the party behind the BJP
- Ajit Pawar’s NCP alignment with Shinde reshuffles Maharashtra’s politics
- 2019 results put BJP ahead, with undivided Sena close behind
- The alliance realignment could alter seat-by-seat contest dynamics
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