On 9th January, Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray almost sealed the seat-sharing formula. Though Sanjay Raut said that Shiv Sena (UBT) will contest on 23 seats as was in 2019, the confirmed sources say that it is decided that Congress and Shiv Sena ( UBT) will contest on 18/20 seats each and NCP will contest on 8 seats source says. Prakash Ambedkar is likely to contest on two seats, and Raju Shetty will be contesting on one seat, source says. Congress and PRAKAS Ambedkar’s party will also be part of MVA if it goes well, as the decided source says. Shiv Sena ( UBT) will contest on one platform because in 2019, both contested against each other because the MVA was formed after the 2019 elections, source says.