It seems the exact seat-sharing formulae of the two major alliances will be known only at the end of the nomination process. Candidates whose names have already been announced, and those certain to get tickets, started filing nomination papers. Most of them did not miss an auspicious muhurat of Gurupushyamrut Yog on Thursday.

While the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) claimed to have sorted the sharing of seats on Wednesday, it emerged a day later that the dispute was still unresolved. A formula of 85 seats each for the three partners did not add up and created more confusion with conflicting claims made by the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress. Both said they would cross the 100 mark.