Congress announced that it will contest on 174 seats, while its partner NCP on 114, in the next month's Maharashtra Assembly elections. Briefing the media in New Delhi, the Party Incharge of the state, Chaudhary Virendra Singh said, the seat-sharing arrangement has been finalised after several rounds of talks. It is to be recalled that in the last elections, Congress had fought on 164 seats, while NCP on 124 seats. On the other hand, the 22 year-old Shiv Sena-BJP combine has firmed up continuation of the previous seat sharing formula of 171 for Shiv-Sena and 117 for BJP. BJP Spokesperson Prakash Jawadekar said in Mumbai that his party is likely to release their first list of candidates for Maharashtra Assembly elections in a couple of days.