It's final. In the MVA (INDIA) seat-sharing formula for Maharashtra’s 48 seats, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has got 21, with four seats in Mumbai, followed by the Congress with 17, which includes two seats in Mumbai. NCP (Sharad Pawar) has the least share of 10. However, the contentious seat of Sangli has remained with the Sena despite Congress leaders’ protests. 

The Congress high command endorsed the Sena’s demand in view of the seats that the ally had given up elsewhere in the state. NCP will retain Bhiwandi, another seat the Congress had disputed. Despite the high command’s approval, some leaders in Mumbai were not happy about the share formula. A top leader said the party had been given seats—North Central and North—where it cannot win. Both constituencies have been with the BJP since 2014. City Congress president Varsha Gaikwad had asked for Mumbai South Central, a part of which she represents in the Vidhan Sabha. Her father Eknath Gaikwad was an MP there. Shinde Sena’s Rahul Shewale is the incumbent there. He will compete against Sena (UBT)’s Anil Desai. The BJP has not announced its candidate for North Central. Union minister Piyush Goyal is the BJP’s nominee in Mumbai North.