2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra

2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra

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All 48 Maharashtra seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	61.02% (0.70%)
First party Second party   Leader Nitin Gadkari Arvind Sawant Party BJP SHS Alliance NDA NDA Leader's seat Nagpur (won) Mumbai South (won) Last election 23 18 Seats won 23 18 Seat change Percentage 27.84 23.50% Swing 0.28pp 2.68pp   Third party Fourth party   Leader Supriya Sule Ashok Chavan Party NCP INC Alliance UPA UPA Leader's seat Baramati (won) Nanded (lost) Last election 4 2 Seats won 4 1 Seat change 1 Percentage 15.66% 16.41% Swing 0.46pp 1.88pp
Maharashtra
Prime Minister before election Narendra Modi BJP Prime Minister after election Narendra Modi BJP

The 2019 Indian general election in Maharashtra was held in April 2019. These were held for 48 seats in 4 phases; 11 April (7 seats), 18 April (10 seats), 23 April (14 seats) and 29 April 2019 (17 seats).^[1]

The major contenders in the state are the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA). UPA consisted of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party whereas the NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena.

In February 2019, BJP and Shiv Sena again announced alliance with 25 seats for BJP and 23 for Shiv Sena.^[2]

In March 2019, Congress and NCP also announced their alliance with each contesting 26 and 22 seats respectively. Of the 26 seats of INC, 1 seat each would be given to Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA) and Swabhimani Shetkari Saghtana (SSS). Similarly, NCP would also forgo of two seats; one each to SSS and one to Yuva Swabhiman Party.^[3]