India, Dec. 27 -- NCP (SP) may tie up with NCP

* In Pimpri-Chinchwad: NCP (SP) may tie up with NCP

* In Mumbai: Congress is going solo

* In Pune: Congress could partner with the Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance

* In Nashik: Congress could partner with the Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance

* In Panvel: Congress could partner with the Sena (UBT)-MNS alliance

MUMBAI: This is election arithmetic - equations that don't balance ideologically but add up neatly at the ballot box. Formulae like these are being worked out across Maharashtra, as political parties trade ideology for votes in one of the most fractured contests the state has seen.

Leaders of the NCP and NCP (SP), which suffered a bitter split in 2023, are engaged in intense discussions for an alli...