With 48 seats, Maharashtra ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh. The BJP-led alliance clinched 42 seats in 2014 and 41 in 2019, contributing significantly to the party s majority in the Lok Sabha. However, this time around, the BJP is bracing for a challenging battle, with party insiders predicting a more modest outcome of 30-32 seats in an optimistic scenario.
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The fight is mainly among sitting MP Dhairyasheel Mane of the Shiv Sena, Satyajeet Patil-Sarudkar of the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction of the Sena and Raju Shetti of the Swabhimaan Shetkari Paksh. The other two, Dadasaheb Chavgonda Patil of the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) and farmer leader Raghunathdada Patil, could play spoilsport for any of the three.