On November 27, 2019, Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was unanimously elected as the leader of the 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' by the leaders of the alliance at a meeting held at a suburban hotel in Mumbai. Thackeray was also nominated as the CM candidate of the Sena-NCP-Cong alliance.

Post his appointment, Uddhav Thackeray along with party leaders of the Sena, the NCP, and the Congress reached Raj Bhavan and staked claim to form government in Maharashtra. He met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari along with his wife Rashmi Thackeray at Raj Bhavan the next day.