The Shiv Sena split may create challenges for the Mahayuti as well as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) when it comes to sharing Assembly seats. The Byculla, Ghatkopar East and Andheri West Assembly constituencies can potentially create hurdles during seat-sharing talks between Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) while the seats that could prove contentious for the BJP and Shiv Sena are Andheri East, Jogeshwari and Vikhroli.

According to sources, the Mumbai Congress has decided to demand 16 out of the city’s 36 Assembly constituencies while Shiv Sena (UBT) will stake claim on 25. Congress has decided to demand Byculla, Ghatkopar East and Andheri West constituencies. Yamini Jadhav, the Byculla MLA, is with the Shiv Sena faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. A Congress source said, “We have strong roots in Byculla. The Shiv Sena candidate won the 2019 election due to vote sharing, but the MLA is not with our alliance partner now so we can demand this constituency.”