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and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (22) were the key allies in terms of the number of seats for the INDIA alliance.
This was followed by Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) with nine seats and the Nationalist Congress Party — Sharadchandra Pawar with seven seats in Maharashtra.
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