BJP announces first list of 125 candidates for Maharashtra assembly election, Fadnavis to contest from Nagpur South-West
Maharashtra will go to polls on October 21 while the counting will be on October 24.
The BJP on Tuesday announced the list of 125 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra.
According to the list, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will contest the forthcoming election from Nagpur's South-West seat, BJP Maharashtra Chief Chandrakant Patil to contest from Kothrud and Pankaja Munde to contest from Parli.
Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil who quit Congress and joined BJP recently will contest from Shirdi and State Minister Girish Mahajan will fight from Jamner seat.
Name of Legislative Assembly | Name of Candidate |
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Nagpur South West | Sri Devendra Fadanvis |
Kothrud | Sri Chandrakant Dada Patil |
Shahada (ST) | Sri Rajesh Udesingh Padvi |
Nandurbar (ST) | Dr. Vijaykumar Gavit |
Nawapur (ST) | Sri Bharat Manikrao Gavit |
Dhule Rural | Smt. Dnyanjyoti Manohar Badane Patil |
Sindkheda | Sri Jaykumar Rawal |
Raver | Sri Haribhau Jawale |
Bhusawal (SC) | Sri Sanjay Sawkare |
Jalgaon City | Sri Suresh (Rajumama) Bhole |
Amalner | Sri Shirish Chaudhari |
Chalisgaon | Sri Mangesh Ramesh Chavhan |
Jamner | Sri Girish Mahajan |
Malkapur | Sri Chainsukh Sancheti |
Chikhli | Smt. Shweta Mahale |
Khamgaon | Sri Aakash Phundkar |
Jalgaon (Jamod) | Dr Sanjay Kute |
Akot | Sri Prakash Bharsakale |
Akola West | Sri Goverdhan Sharma |
Akola East | Sri Randhir Sawarkar |
Murtijapur (SC) | Sri Harish Pimple |
Washim (SC) | Sri Lakhan Malik |
Karanja | Dr. Rajendra Patni |
Amravati | Dr. Sunil Deshmukh |
Daryapur (SC) | Sri Ramesh Bundile |
Morshi | Dr. Anil Bonde |
Arvi | Sri Dadarao Keche |
Hinganghat | Sri Samir Kunawar |
Wardha | Dr. Pankaj Bhoyar |
Savner | Dr. Rajiv Potdar |
Hingna | Sri Samir Meghe |
Umred (SC) | Sri Sudhir Parwe |
Nagpur South | Sri Mohan Mate |
Nagpur East | Sri Krushna Khopde |
Nagpur Central | Sri Vikas Shankarrao Kumbhare |
Nagpur West | Sri Sudhakar Deshmukh |
Nagpur North (SC) | Dr. Milind Mane |
Arjuni-Morgaon (SC) | Sri Rajkumar Badole |
Tirora | Sri Vijay Rahangadale |
Amgaon (ST) | Sri Sanjay Puram |
Armori (ST) | Sri Krushna D. Gajbhe |
Gadchiroli (ST) | Dr. Devrao Holi |
Rajura | Sri Sanjay Dhote |
Chandrapur (SC) | Sri Nana Shyamkule |
Ballarpur | Sri Sudhir Mungantiwar |
Chimur | Sri Kirtikumar (Bunty) Bhangdiya |
Wani | Sri Sanjiv Reddy Bodkurwar |
Ralegaon | Sri Ashok Ramji Uikey |
Yavatmal | Sri Madan Madhukar Yerawar |
Arni (ST) | Dr. Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve |
Bhokar | Sri Bapusaheb Gorthekar |
Mukhed | Dr. Tushar Rathod |
Hingoli | Sri Tanaji Mutkule |
Partur | Sri Babanrao Dattatray Lonikar |
Badnapur (SC) | Sri Narayan Kuche |
Bhokardan | Sri Santosh Raosaheb Patil Danve |
Phulambri | Sri Haribhau Bagde |
Aurangabad East | Sri Atul Sawe |
Gangapur | Sri Prashant Bam |
Chandvad | Dr. Rahul Aher |
Nashik Central | Sau Devyani Farande |
Nashik West | Sau Seema Hire |
Dahanu (ST) | Sri Paskal Dhanare |
Vikramgad (ST) | Dr. Hemant Sawara |
Bhiwandi West | Sri Mahesh Chaugule |
Murbad | Sri Kisan Kathore |
Kalyan East | Sri Ganpat Kalu Gayakwad |
Dombivali | Sri Ravindra Chavhan |
Mira Bhayandar | Sri Narendra Mehata |
Thane | Sri Sanjay Kelkar |
Airoli | Sri Sandip Naik |
Belapur | Smt. Manda Mhatre |
Dahisar | Smt. Manisha Chaudhari |
Mulund | Sri Mihir Kotecha |
Kandivali East | Sri Atul Bhatkhalkar |
Charkop | Sri Yogesh Sagar |
Goregaon | Smt. Vidya Thakur |
Andheri West | Sri Amit Satam |
Vile Parle | Adv. Parag Alavani |
Ghatkopar West | Sri Ram Kadam |
Vandre West | Adv. Ashish Shelar |
Sion Koliwada | Capt. Tamil Selwan |
Wadala | Sri Kalidas Kolambkar |
Malabar Hill | Sri Mangalprabhat Lodha |
Panvel | Sri Prashant Thakur |
Pen | Sri Ravisheth Patil |
Shirur | Sri Baburao Kashinath Pacharne |
Indapur | Sri Harshwardhan Patil |
Chinchwad | Sri Laxman Jagtap |
Bhosari | Sri Mahesh (Dada) Kisan Landge |
Vadgaol Sheri | Sri Jagdish Mulik |
Shivajinagar | Sri Sidharth Padmakar Shirole |
Khadakwasala | Sri Bhimarao Tapkir |
Parvati | Smt. Madhuri Misal |
Hadapsar | Sri Yogesh Tilekar |
Pune Cantonment (SC) | Sri Sunil Kamble |
Kasba Peth | Sau Mukta Tilak |
Akole (ST) | Sri Vaibhav Pichad |
Shirdi | Sri Radhakrushna Vikhe Patil |
Kopargaon | Smt. Snehalata Kolhe |
Nevasa | Sri Balasaheb Murkute |
Shevgaon | Smt. Monika Rajale |
Rahuri | Sri Shivajirao Kardile |
Shrigonda | Sri Babanrao Pachpute |
Karjat Jamkhed | Prof. Ram Shinde |
Georai | Adv Laxman Pawar |
Majalgaon | Sri Ramesh Adaskar |
Ashti | Sri Bhimrao Dhonde |
Parli | Sau Pankaja Gopinathrao Munde - Palwe |
Ahmadpur | Sri Vinayak Kisan Jadhav Patil |
Nilanga | Sri Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar |
Ausa | Sri Abhimanyu Pawar |
Tuljapur | Sri Rana Jagjitsingh Pa. |
Solapur City North | Sri Vijayrao Deshmukh |
Solapur South | Sri Subhash Deshmukh |
Wai | Sri Madan Prataprao Bhosale |
Man | Sri Jaykumar Gore |
Karad South | Sri Atul Suresh Bhosale |
Satara | Sri Shivendrasinh Abhaysingraje Bhosale |
Kolhapur South | Sri Amal Mahadeek |
Ichalkaranji | Sri Suresh Halwankar |
Miraj (SC) | Sri Suresh Khade |
Sangli | Sri Sudhir Gadgil |
Shirala | Sri Shivajirao Naik |
Jat | Sri Vilasrao Jagtap |
As per the new list, 12 candidates have been replaced by new leaders, while 52 of them have got party's ticket again to contest the forthcoming election. Out of 125 candidates announced by the BJP today, 12 are women.
Most of the leaders who shifted from other parties and joined BJP have been accommodated by the party in the first list itself.
Moreover, both the seats in the Navi Mumbai region will be contested by BJP candidates.
Polling in Maharashtra will take place on October 21 while the counting of votes will be on October 24.
The state has a total of 288 seats, of these 29 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 25 for Scheduled Tribes.
Earlier on late Monday night, after weeks of being locked in an intense battle over seat-sharing, the BJP and Shiv Sena announced their alliance for the upcoming elections.
However, while senior Shiv Sena leader and industries minister Subhash Desai and BJP state unit chief and revenue minister Chandrakantdada Patil, made a formal announcement of the 'Mahayuti' (grand alliance) through a press release, the two parties are quite silent on the seat and power-sharing terms.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who was at Nagpur where the Congress legislator from Gondiya Gopal Agarwal joined BJP, announced that the MahaYuti will contest all 288 seats and will come back to power.
(More details awaited...)