The Maha Vikas Aghadi (; abbreviated as MVA), is a state-level political alliance of centre to centre-left political parties in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is one of the two major political alliances in Maharashtra, the other one being Maha Yuti. The alliance was formed under the leadership of Uddhav Thackeray of SHS (UBT) (then Shiv Sena), Sharad Pawar of the NCP(SP) (then NCP) and Sonia Gandhi of the INC, along with the support from the PWPI, CPI(M) and several other political parties.=Maharashtra Legislative Council Most of the MVA constituents are members of the Indian National Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at pan-India level. The MVA alliance won 30 seats out of 48 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha Election in Maharashtra whereas on the other hand, the MVA suffered a setback in 2024, when it could only win a record low of 50 seats (including 2 of SP, which has left the alliance) in the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, with none of the parties even managing to get the number of seats to have a leader of opposition in the assembly. This stripped its status as the official opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.

Formation The alliance was formed by non-NDA political parties in Maharashtra as a result of 2019 Maharashtra political crisis where the Shiv Sena left the NDA post-polls over differences with the BJP in their preferred candidates for Chief Minister and other important portfolio positions after the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election. Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut, Ahmed Patel and other leaders across the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena worked to realise a new alliance after Shiv Sena and BJP parted ways and Shiv Sena's lone Union Minister in Modi's cabinet, Arvind Sawant, tendered his resignation.

Uddhav Thackeray was elected as the president of the MVA after a meeting on 26 November 2019. He took oath of the office and secrecy on 28 November 2019 as the 19th Chief Minister of Maharashtra state.

In 2022, during a party meeting, Uddhav Thackeray explained his move to pull out of NDA. He said, "We supported the BJP wholeheartedly to enable them to fulfill their national ambitions. The understanding was they will go national while we will lead in Maharashtra. But we were betrayed and attempts were made to destroy us in our home. So we had to hit back". Thackeray accused BJP of dumping its allies according to its political convenience. He said, "BJP doesn't mean Hindutva. I stand by my comment that Shiv Sena had wasted 25 years in alliance with BJP."

In the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, the governing Maha Yuti won a large majority. The MVA won only 50 seats in the legislative assembly, with none of its constituent parties winning enough seats to nominate a leader of the opposition.

Working Given the varied ideologies among the partner parties, there was a plan to form two committees to guide the coalition: a coordination committee for the implementation of a common minimum programme and a higher decision-making committee that would include the party chiefs.

History Shiv Sena left NDA

A political crisis in the Indian state of Maharashtra occurred on 21 October 2019 after the declaration of results of the 2019 legislative assembly election over the formation of a new state government. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party Shiv Sena alliance crossed the majority of 145 seats needed in the assembly by winning a total of 161 seats in the alliance. Individually BJP won 105 and SHS won 56 seats. The Opposition INC-NCP Alliance with 106 seats did not reach the majority mark. Individually INC won 44 and NCP won 54 seats.

Shiv Sena's Shinde faction breakaway

Eknath Shinde, a senior Shiv Sena leader, wanted to break the Maha Vikas Aghadi and establish BJP-Shiv Sena coalition again. Subsequently, he gathered the support of 2/3rd members of his party. On 29 June, Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the post of Chief Minister ahead of the No-confidence motion. Eknath Shinde took oath as the new Chief Minister with Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy CM on 30 June.

NCP's Ajit Pawar faction breakaway

Ajit Pawar takes oath as Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Nationalist Congress Party breaks into two camps and 9 NCP MLAs with former UPA Minister Praful Patel take oath as Cabinet Minister in Eknath Shinde-led Government of Maharashtra.

Current members

Note: MPs in the Rajya Sabha And Lok Sabha only include those from Maharashtra seats

PartySymbolFlagMLAs in Maharashtra AssemblyMLCs in Maharashtra CouncilMPs in Lok SabhaMPs in Rajya SabhaIndian National CongressShiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)Communist Party of India (Marxist)Communist Party of IndiaPeasants and Workers Party of IndiaTotal

List of Rajya Sabha members

No Name Party affiliationDate of AppointmentDate of Retirement1Sharad Pawar10-Apr-202609-Apr-20322Chandrakant Handore03-Apr-202402 Apr-20303Imran Pratapgarhi05-Jul-202204-Jul-20284Sanjay Raut05-Jul-202204-Jul-2028

List of Lok Sabha members

NoConstituencyNameParty1Nandurbar (ST)Adv. Gowaal K Padavi2DhuleDr. Shobha Dinesh Bachhav3Amravati (SC)Balwant Basawant Wankhede4WardhaAmar Sharadrao Kale5Ramtek (SC)Shyamkumar (Bablu) Barve6Bhandara–GondiyaDr. Prashant Yadavrao Padole7Gadchiroli–Chimur (ST)Dr. Namdeo Dasaram Kirsan8ChandrapurPratibha Suresh Dhanorkar9NandedRavindra Vasantrao Chavan10JalnaDr. Kalyan Kale11Dindori (ST)Bhaskar Bhagare12NashikRajabhau Waje13BhiwandiSuresh Mhatre14Mumbai North CentralVarsha Gaikwad15Mumbai South CentralAnil Desai16Mumbai SouthArvind Sawant17BaramatiSupriya Sule18ShirurAmol Kolhe19AhmednagarNilesh Dnyandev Lanke20BeedBajrang Sonawane21Latur (SC)Dr. Shivajirao Kalge22Solapur (SC)Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde23MadhaDhairyasheel Mohite Patil24SangliVishal Patil25KolhapurShahu Chhatrapati Maharaj

Electoral performance Indian General Election results (In Maharashtra) Year Seats won/ Seats contested Change in Seats Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Popular vote2024 3243.71% 11.14%25,015,819

Legislative Assembly Election Year Seats won/ Seats contested Change in Seats Voteshare (%) +/- (%) Popular vote20242635.1622,710,220

Past members PartyBase StateYear of withdrawal Prahar Janshakti Party Maharashtra 2022 Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Maharashtra 2022 Shiv Sena Maharashtra 2022 Nationalist Congress Party Maharashtra 2023 Swabhimani Shetkari Sangathan Maharashtra 2023 Janata Dal (United) Bihar 2024Rashtriya Samaj PakshaMaharashtra 2024Vanchit Bahujan AghadiMaharashtra 2024Samajwadi PartyUttar Pradesh 2024

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