Congress, NCP to Contest 125 Seats Each for Maharashtra Elections

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress will contest 125 seats each in next month's Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Monday, 16 September.

Pawar announced that the seat-sharing pact between the grand old party and his 20-year-old organisation has been finalised.

As per the arrangement, 38 seats will be left for allies to contest, he tweeted. Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats. NCP will give chance to “new faces” in the polls, Pawar said. Some seats will be exchanged with the Congress, he added.