Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 9 (HBTV): After weeks of hectic negotiations, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), an alliance of political parties, constituents on Tuesday announced their seat-sharing arrangement for Maharashtra's 48 Lok Sabha seats.

Under the arrangement, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction) will contest 21 seats, Congress will fight in 17 seats, and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Sharadchandra Pawar) will put up candidates in 10 seats.  

The seat-sharing arrangement was jointly announced by NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, and Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole. 

The MVA and the ruling Mahayuti, comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) are in a tough contest for 48 parliamentary seats in Maharashtra. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the undivided Shiv Sena fought the 2019 Lok Sabha polls together and won 23 and 18 seats respectively.  

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