Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assembly Elections: After Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, now elections are going to be held in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Both the states are very important politically. There is NDA government in Maharashtra, while Bharat Alliance is in power in Jharkhand. The alliance is preparing for a tough fight in both the states. In Maharashtra, where the BJP is trying to return to power with Shiv Sena and NCP, in Jharkhand it has gained strength after the entry of BKP Male in the Hemant Soren-led Bharatiya Janata Party alliance.
What is the mathematics of alliance in Maharashtra?
Apart from BJP, NDA includes Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. The three armies had fought the Lok Sabha elections together. However, NDA did not get the success it expected in that election. The performance of Ajit Pawar's party was very poor. Apart from Congress, Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena, UBT and Sharad Pawar's NCP are included in this. The alliance performed well during the Lok Sabha elections. In Maharashtra, the Bharat Alliance has come together as Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi. It was formed after the 2019 assembly elections. NDA alliance is known as Mahayuti.
Final distribution of seats in Mahayuti
Mahayuti seat sharing in Maharashtra is in the final stages. According to information received from sources, 90 percent seat distribution has already been decided. BJP will contest elections on 158 seats out of 288. BJP is ready to give 70 seats to Shinde faction of Shiv Sena. NCP Ajit Pawar faction will be given 50 seats. RCP leader Praful Patel also said on Monday that a consensus has been reached among the ruling Mahayuti alliance partners on about 230 seats out of 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly. After the final decision on other seats, we will inform the media in the next two-four days.
What can be mathematics in Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi?
According to sources, after the defeat in Haryana Assembly elections, Congress Party does not want to make any mistake regarding Maharashtra and Jharkhand. According to the information, Congress and Shiv Sena (Uddhav) can contest elections on equal number of seats in the 288-member assembly. The figure could be 100-100 and NCP could get 84 seats. 4 seats can be left for smaller armies. There is also a possibility of reshuffle on some seats through internal consensus. However, the number has almost been agreed upon.
BJP in action mode in Jharkhand
Jharkhand has always been a strong state for BJP. Despite poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP won 9 out of 14 seats. BJP has come to power several times since the formation of the state. However, after the defeat in the last assembly elections and the performance in the Lok Sabha, BJP has changed its strategy. For the first time, BJP is going to contest elections with many forces in the state. BJP has made preparations to contest the elections with Janata Dal United, All Jharkhand Students Union and LJP Ram Vilas.
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Learning from the mistakes of the last assembly elections in Jharkhand, BJP and AJSU have tried their best to strengthen the alliance. Although no official announcement has been made yet, but there is talk that BJP is preparing to contest this election in collaboration with Janata Dal United, All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) and Lojpani. There is talk that BJP will contest on 67 seats in this election. AJSU may get 9 to 11 seats. Janata Dal United can leave 2 seats for NDA and one seat for LJP Ram Vilas. In the last elections, the alliance of AJSU and BJP was broken. Both the armies had to suffer losses.
What is the equation of Bharat alliance in Jharkhand?
India Alliance had performed brilliantly in the last assembly elections. The RJD, Congress and JMM alliance won 47 seats in the 81-member assembly. In this election, JMM got 30 seats, Congress 16 and RJD got one seat. CPI(ML) also joined this alliance in the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Out of 14 Lok Sabha seats, the formula of 7,5,1,1 was agreed upon. Congress got 7, JMM got 5, RJD got 1 and CPI(ML) got one seat. However, JMM has always been contesting more seats in the assembly elections.
CPI(M) Male expands its group, will it get more seats?
In the last assembly elections in Jharkhand, the Left parties were not part of the Bharat Alliance. However, in the Lok Sabha elections, one seat was given to CPI(M) Male by India Alliance. Now before the assembly elections, the Marxist Coordination Committee, the party of late Marxist leader AK Roy in CPI-ML, has been dissolved. After which Male has contested 4-5 seats in the assembly elections. Meanwhile, there is a tussle in the Indian alliance regarding seat sharing.
What is common between Maharashtra and Jharkhand?
Both Maharashtra and Jharkhand are states where both BJP and Congress are dependent on their alliance forces. Both the forces are trying to reach power by strengthening the alliance by any means. In both states the leader of the regional forces is the Chief Minister. In Jharkhand, JMM leader Hemant Soren is the CM, while in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde is the Chief Minister. Both the states have been very important from the economic point of view.