Maha Vikas Aghadi: MVA Alliance’s Projected Win of 165 Seats in Maharashtra State Polls | Pune Information

An MVA survey indicated the alliance would possibly win round 165 seats within the Maharashtra meeting elections, with robust prospects in Nagpur, Amravati, Marathwada, and Western Maharashtra.

PUNE: MVA would get round 165 seats within the state and ruling Mahayuti companions can be in an advantageous place in Mumbai, Konkan and north Maharashtra, a survey performed by the opposition alliance companions about three months earlier than the meeting elections prompt.
“We gained 31 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra within the Lok Sabha polls. It’s round 65% of the full 48 seats.Ideally, we want to preserve the identical common within the meeting elections, which might get us round 188 seats. Our preliminary evaluation suggests that we’ll be profitable round 165 seats. It’s a good quantity, however nonetheless we want to enhance the tally in precise polls later this 12 months,” a senior Congress member advised TOI.

No less than 144 meeting seats are required to type the govt. within the state.
Using excessive on the Lok Sabha elections success, the alliance of Congress, NCP (SCP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) is now seeking to replicate the identical efficiency within the meeting polls, anticipated to be held round Diwali. In a collective assembly of MVA companions whereas deciding the technique, the alliance companions divided the state into seven areas for evaluation.
In response to MVA members, the alliance has an higher hand in Nagpur, Amravati, Marathwada and western Maharashtra areas. “Among the many alliance companions, Congress will carry out higher in Nagpur and Amravati areas. Marathwada additionally seems to be beneficial for the alliance, the place Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) have good help. In western Maharashtra, the alliance depends on NCP (SCP). It, based on the survey, is doing higher than different events. It suggests that each one the key events are sharing the accountability nicely for the alliance,” a former cupboard minister from NCP (SCP) stated.
Whereas the 4 areas are trying beneficial for MVA, the evaluation means that Mahayuti continues to dominate the areas of Mumbai, Konkan and north Maharashtra regardless of the beneath par leads to the Lok Sabha elections. The alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP nonetheless holds floor in these areas, the evaluation of MVA reveals.
One other senior Congressman stated, “The MVA alliance had a poor present in Konkan. Will probably be a frightening process to regroup and enhance the meeting leads to the area. In Mumbai additionally, BJP and Shiv Sena will pose a giant problem, which our alliance must deal with. So far as north Maharashtra is worried, Congress nonetheless seems to be weaker there although we gained some seats in that area in Lok Sabha elections. We don’t have a lot time in hand to work on our weaknesses, however we’re concentrating on the areas the place we’re lagging behind.”