The assembly election results across Maharashtra have made it clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will require the Shiv Sena's support to form the government, but Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray insists that the 50-50 formula decided on earlier, will have to be implemented for the chief minister's post.

Questioned by reporters at a press conference held at the party headquarters in Dadar after the results, Thackeray said, "Which party's chief minister will be in office first is an extremely important question, but you are all aware of the fact that before the Lok Sabha elections, we decided on a 50-50 formula. The formula for seat-sharing was  also decided at 144-144 before the assembly polls. But BJP's Chandrakant Dada Patil asked us to consider their problems and so we contested few seats. But I also have to think about my party's growth and we decided to implement a 50-50 formula discussed during preparations for the Lok Sabha election, in a transparent manner after these polls."