Maharashtra assembly elections 2024: Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena releases first list of candidates, check full list here

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena has released its first list of 45 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 which are to be held on November 20According to the list Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will contest from the KopriPachpakhadi Assembly constituency hellip pictwittercompym7h5XiF7mdash Shivsena Shivsenaofc October 22 2024Sada Sarvankar has been fielded from the Mahim seat against Raj Thackerays son Amit ThackerayOther candidates include Manisha Ravindra Waykar from Jogeshwari East Suhas Dwarkanath Kande from Nandgao Pradip Shivnarayan Jaiswal from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar middle and Balaji Devidasrao Kalyankar from Nanded NorthThe party has fielded ministers Gulabrao Patil Deepak Kesarkar Abdul Sattar and Shambhuraj Desai from Jalgaon Rural Sawantwadi Sillod and Patan respectivelyAnother cabinet member Dada Bhuse will contest from the Malegaon Outer assembly constituency in Nashik districtMinisters Uday Samant and Tanaji Sawant have been fielded from Ratnagiri and Paranda respectivelyAnother prominent leader Sada Sarvankar will fight the polls from Mahim in MumbaiThe party has also fielded kin of several leadersFrom Rajapur it has given ticket to Kiran Samant brother of minister Uday SamantManisha Waikar wife of Shiv Sena Lok Sabha member from Mumbai NorthWest Ravindra Waikar has been fielded from Jogeshwari East while Abhijit Adsul son of Sena leader and former Union minister Anand Adsul will contest from Daryapur in Amravati districtVilas Bhumre son of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Aurangabad Lok Sabha member Sandipan Bhumre will contest from PaithanAs per the list released late Tuesday night the ruling party has renominated almost all the MLAs who backed Shinde when he led a revolt against the then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022With this the Shiv Sena has become the second major political party to release its list of candidates for the state assembly polls Its ally BJP released a list of 99 candidates on SundayOn October 18 after the recent announcement of the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 Shiv Sena convened a meeting with its office bearers on FridayIn the meeting there was a strong push for Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to be presented as the face for the chief ministerial position which signals the partys strategy as it prepares for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 reported ANIShiv Sena party leaders chanted slogans in support of Eknath Shinde as Chief Minister collectively asserting that the saffron flag should continue to wave proudly reported ANIShiv Sena leader and MP Shrikant Shinde convened the meeting Senior Shiv Sena leaders Milind Deora Ravindra Waikar Manisha Kayande Rahul Shewale and others were present reported ANIThis comes as Maharashtra prepares for a singlephase election on November 20 with counting set for November 23Both the ruling Mahayuti alliance and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA comprising the Shiv Sena UBT NCP Sharad Pawar faction and Congress have intensified their preparations for the upcoming elections to 288 Assembly seats in the State The BJP is part of the ruling Mahayuti alliance alongside the Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde faction and Ajit Pawarled NCPIn the 2019 Maharashtra assembly elections the BJP won 105 seats Shiv Sena secured 56 and Congress won 44 seats In 2014 the BJP won 122 seats Shiv Sena secured 63 and Congress won 42 seatsWith inputs from ANI