Devendra Fadnavis among BJP’s first list of candidates for Maharashtra polls
State Bharatiya Janata Party chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule and state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar are among the others named as candidates.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra. The list of 99 names included Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who will be contesting from Nagpur West – a seat he has represented since 2009.
Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place in a single phase on November 20. The counting of votes will take place on November 23, alongside that of the Jharkhand elections.
Apart from Fadnavis, other names listed included state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule, who will be contesting from Kamthi in the Nagpur district and state minister Sudhir Mungantiwar from the Ballarpur constituency in the Chandrapur district.
Sreejaya Chavan, the daughter of former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, has been fielded by the party from Bhokar in the Nanded district. Sreejaya Chavan switched from the Congress to the BJP ahead of the recent Lok Sabha polls.
भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केन्द्रीय चुनाव समिति ने होने वाले महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा चुनाव 2024 के लिए निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। (1/2) pic.twitter.com/DqMuh53UV5— BJP (@BJP4India) October 20, 2024
The list also included party leaders Ram Kadam (Ghatkopar West), Shweta Mahale Patil (Chikli), Nitesh Rane (Kankavli) and Ashish Shelar (Vandre West).
Former Union minister Raosaheb Danve’s son Santosh has been fielded from Bhokardan.
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