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The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) connected Friday (May 29, 2026) said it has finalised the seat-sharing statement for the June 18 Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, with the Congress acceptable to contention the highest 8 of the 17 seats.
State Congress main Harshwardhan Sapkal said the MVA, which besides includes the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Nationalist Congress Party (SP), reached a statement connected each 17 seats.
Congress volition contention Chandrapur, Yavatmal, Bhandara, Amravati, Ahilyanagar, Solapur, Dharashiv and Nagpur (where a byelection is being held), helium said.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) volition contention six seats: Raigad, Jalgaon, Parbhani-Hingoli, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Nanded and Nashik. The Sharad Pawar-led NCP volition contention Pune, Thane and Sangli-Satara, Sapkal said.
The ruling BJP-NCP-Shiv Sena confederation has yet to denote its seat-sharing formula.
June 1 is the past day for filing nominations. Scrutiny of nominations volition instrumentality spot connected June 2, the past day for withdrawal is June 4, and polling volition beryllium held connected June 18. Votes volition beryllium counted connected June 22.
Elected members of section governing bodies signifier the electorate for the election, necessitated by the expiry of the six-year word of the incumbent MLCs.
The Solapur spot was held by Prashant Paricharak of the BJP. Ahilyanagar was represented by Arun Jagtap of the undivided NCP.
Thane was represented by Ravindra Phatak of the undivided Shiv Sena. Jalgaon was held by Chandubhai Patel of the BJP, portion Sangli-Satara was represented by Mohanrao Kadam of the Congress.
Nanded was represented by Congress person Amar Rajurkar. Yavatmal was represented by Dushyant Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena. Pune spot was held by Anil Bhosale of the NCP.
Bhandara-Gondia was represented by BJP person Parinay Fuke. Raigad-Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg was held by NCP person Aniket Tatkare. Nashik was represented by Narendra Darade of the Shiv Sena.
Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadchiroli was represented by BJP's Ramdas Ambatkar. Amravati was held by BJP's Pravin Pote. Dharashiv-Latur-Beed was represented by BJP's Suresh Dhas.
Parbhani-Hingoli was represented by Shiv Sena person Viplav Bajoria, portion Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna was represented by Ambadas Danve of the Shiv Sena (UBT). Nagpur was held by BJP person and curate Chandrashekhar Bawankule who had to vacate the spot aft being elected to the authorities assembly.
Discussions wrong the ruling Mahayuti conjugation are successful last stages, sources said, adding that 16 of the 17 seats person been decided portion the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar-Jalna spot is simply a sticking point.
The BJP is apt to contention 10 oregon 11 seats, the Shiv Sena 4 and the NCP two, the sources said.
The BJP is expected to contention Nagpur, Ahilyanagar, Dharashiv, Jalgaon, Solapur, Latur, Nanded, Amravati, Wardha-Chandrapur-Gadchiroli, Bhandara-Gondia and Sangli-Satara. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena whitethorn contention Thane, Yavatmal, Nashik and Parbhani-Hingoli. The Sunetra Pawar-led NCP is apt to get Pune and a Konkan seat.
Mr. Sapkal, meanwhile, alleged that the BJP was utilizing wealth powerfulness to power the polls.
"Corporators are being lured with beforehand payments, and elections are being fought with wealth power," the Congress person claimed.
