Seat-sharing talks have begun within the Maha Vikas Aghadi, but the NCP-SP has staked a claim on some of the Assembly constituencies the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Congress wish to contest. According to sources, the NCP-SP has demanded seven constituencies in Mumbai—Anushakti Nagar, Ghatkopar East, Ghatkopar West, Kurla, Jogeshwari, Goregaon and Dahisar—while the Sena (UBT) and Congress are eyeing Ghatkopar West and Goregaon.

MLA Nawab Malik, who won from Anushakti Nagar in 2019