The Thane Lok Sabha constituency, a prestigious home seat for Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, which is dear to Shinde’s cabinet colleague Uday Samant, have been demanded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The Shinde Sena has strongly countered the ally’s claim, insisting that it will retain both seats.

Shinde Sena has already lost Parbhani to ally Mahadev Jankar. It is expected to cede Nashik to NCP-SP, and a few segments in Mumbai to BJP. Sambhaji Nagar and Palghar are contentious. In Ramtek, the transition has been smooth for Shinde. He replaced incumbent Krupal Tumane with Raju Parve (import from the Congress).