The BJP announced the third list for the Maharashtra assembly elections on Monday afternoon. It has names of 25 candidates. The party has announced three lists so far. A total of 146 candidates have been announced.
Apart from this, the party has also announced candidates for the Nanded Lok Sabha by-election. A ticket has been given to Dr. Santuk Marotrao Humbarde from here.
At the same time, 256 names have been announced so far in the Mahayuti. Which includes BJP, Shiv Sena Shinde group and NCP Ajit group. 65 candidates have been declared in two lists of Shiv Sena Shinde group.
While 45 names have been announced in two lists of Ajit Group. In the Maharashtra assembly elections, Mahayutti has fielded 256 candidates on a total of 288 seats.
BJP's third list, 25 names announced
October 21: The BJP released the first list of 99 candidates on October 21. Out of which six seats are for ST and four seats for SC. Women have been given tickets on 13 seats. There are 10 candidates who are contesting the elections for the first time. Three sitting independent MLAs have also been given tickets. Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis will contest from south-west Nagpur and Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule from Kamathi.
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BJP has also given tickets to sons, daughters, wives and relatives of influential leaders in the first list. Which includes 10 names…
1. Shri Jaya Chavan: Daughter of former CM Ashok Chavan. He will contest from his father's seat from Bhokar in Nanded. Chavan joined the BJP from the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections. Made Rajya Sabha MP.
2. Nitish Rane: Son of former Union Minister, Lok Sabha MP, veteran leader of Konkan region Narayan Rane. Will fight with Kankavali in Sindhudurg.
3. Amal Mahadik: Younger brother of Rajya Sabha MP Dhananjay Mahadik. Will contest from Kolhapur South seat won in 2014.
4. Santosh Danve: Former Union Minister Raosaheb Danve's son will contest from the Bhokardan seat.
5. Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar: Grandson of former CM Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar. Return ticket from Nilanga.
6. Vinod Shelar: Brother of Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar. Ashish will contest from Bandra West and Vinod Malad from West.
7. Sulbha Gaikwad: The MLA is the wife of Ganpat Gaekwad, who shot at a Shiv Sena faction leader in a police station. Kalyan East to Maidan.
8. Jagjit Singh: Son of Padmasinh Patil, a close relative of Ajit Pawar. Will contest from Tuljapur.
9. Siddharth Sirole: Son of former MP Anil Shirole. He is an MLA from Pune's Shivajinagar seat. Then got the ticket.
10. Shankar Jagtap: He is the brother-in-law of MLA Ashwini Jagtap from Chinchwad. Ashwini has been replaced.
Single phase election on 20th November, result on 23rd November
In Maharashtra, Mahayuti ie Shiv Sena, BJP and NCP Ajit Pawar group government. Maintaining the division of votes between the anti-incumbency and the six big parties will be a major challenge for the party.
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