On March 27, the Shiv Sena (UBT) released its initial slate of sixteen Maharashtra candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, which are set to take place in seven stages starting on April 19. Former Union Minister Anant Geete from the Raigad seat and Arvind Sawant from the South Mumbai seat are the party’s nominees.
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Amol Kirtikar, representing Mumbai North-West,
Sanjay Patil hails from northeast Mumbai.
Buldhana native Narendra Khedekar
Yavatmal-based Sanjay Deshmukh from Visahim
Waghere-Patil Sanjog from Mawal seat
Chandrahar Patil, seated in Sangli
Ashtikar Nagesh Patil from Hingoli seat
Deputy Chandrakant Khaire of Sambhajinagar
Omraje Nimbalkar, a Dharashivi native
Shirdi’s Bhausaheb Waghchaure
Rahul Waje, a native of Nashik
Vinayak Raut hails from Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg
Sanjay Jadhav is a Punjabi native.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) includes the state-led party by Uddhav Thackeray as a constituent. The MVA-affiliated NCP, headed by Sharadchandra Pawar, has not yet made an official announcement about its candidates for the state. However, Congress—which is also a part of the MVA—has declared its candidates for a few seats where it will not encounter resistance from the other members of the alliance.
Party leader and Lok Sabha member
Rahul Shewale has said that the Shinde-led Shiv Sena is expected to release its first set of candidates in the coming days in reference to the state’s chief minister, Eknath Shinde. The ruling coalition is made up of the
BJP, the Shinde-led Shiv Sena, and the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist
Congress Party.
Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, second only to Uttar Pradesh (80), will have five voting phases starting on April 19. The
election for the 543 Lok Sabha seats will take place in seven stages. Roughly 97 crore people will be eligible to vote in the
Lok Sabha elections in 2024.
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