Maha Yuti

Maha Yuti
Maha Yuti
Abbreviation	MY
Leader	Eknath Shinde; (Chief Minister)
President	Devendra Fadnavis
Chairman	Chandrakant Patil
Founders	Devendra Fadnavis; Uddhav Thackeray; Amit Shah
Founded	4 December 2014; 9 years ago
Ideology	National conservatism; Right-wing populism; Factions:; Hindutva; Secularism (Indian); Hindu nationalism;
Political position	Big tent
National affiliation	National Democratic Alliance
Colours	Saffron
Lok Sabha	17 / 48
Rajya Sabha	16 / 19
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly	237 / 288
Maharashtra Legislative Council	41 / 78
	Politics of India; Political parties; Elections; ^ A: The Alliance is described as a broad big tent alliance, with centre-right ,far-right factions and centrist factions;

The Maha Yuti (transl. Grand Alliance;^[5] abbreviated as MY), formed in 2014,^[6] is a political coalition in Maharashtra, India. Currently the alliance consists of three major parties - the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena (2022–Present; SHS) and Nationalist Congress Party ― along with smaller partners such as Republican Party of India (Athawale), Rashtriya Samaj Paksha and many others.

The BJP-Shiv Sena partnership, in particular, was significant, as both parties shared a long-standing ideological affinity. The alliance aimed to consolidate their combined strength, leveraging Shiv Sena's regional influence and BJP's national appeal.

Under the MahaYuti banner, the alliance achieved notable successes, including winning the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly elections and securing 41 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state. However, internal tensions and disagreements over power sharing led to Shiv Sena's exit in 2019.^[7]

The alliance is then revived again in 2022 when the MVA government was dissolved,^[8] Resulting a faction of Shiv Sena joining Maha Yuti alliance and forming the Government under the leadership of Eknath Shinde from rebel Shiv Sena (2022–Present) swearing in as the chief minister while Devendra Fadnavis from BJP took oath as deputy chief minister. later in year 2023 the NCP faction broke with one remaining in MVA while Ajit Pawar led faction joined MahaYuti Government with Ajit Pawar swearing in as second deputy chief minister of Maharashtra. The MY alliance got a huge setback in 2024 Lok Sabha Polls where it could only secure 17 out of 48 seats losing 24 sitting seats.

The MahaYuti won the 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election in a landslide, securing 235 seats. Two independents also lent support to the alliance, extending its tally to 237.

Current alliance members

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

Party		MLAs in Maharashtra Assembly	MLCs in Maharashtra Council	MPs in Lok Sabha	MPs in Rajya Sabha
	Bharatiya Janata Party	132 / 288	20 / 78	9 / 48	8 / 19
	Shiv Sena	57 / 288	5 / 78	7 / 48	1 / 19
	Nationalist Congress Party	41 / 288	6 / 78	1 / 48	3 / 19
	Bahujan Vikas Aghadi	0 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Jan Surajya Shakti	2 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	1 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Rajarshi Shahu Vikas Aghadi	1 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Rashtriya Yuva Swabhiman Party	1 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	0 / 19
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)	0 / 288	0 / 78	0 / 48	1 / 19
Total		235 / 288	31 / 78	17 / 48	13 / 19