The second BJP leader on the list is Union Minister Nitin Gadkari who held 35 rallies during the campaign. The BJP has fielded candidates on 150 seats, Sena is contesting 124 seats while 14 seats have gone to smaller allies including RPI-A. The Election Commission has deployed 6.5 lakh polling staff for the election which will be held across 96,661 polling booths. In 2014 elections which the BJP and Shiv Sena contested separately, the two parties won 122 and 63 seats, respectively. The Congress and the NCP - who fought the election together - won 42 and 41 seats, respectively.

Source: dna October 19, 2019 15:45 UTC