Lok Sabha polls: 11 seats in Maharashtra to vote on May 13

In the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 polling will take place for 11 seats in Maharashtra where Union minister Raosaheb Danve BJP leader Pankaja Munde and actorturnedpolitician Amol Kolhe are among the prominent candidatesAccording to the PTI over 228 crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to seal the fate of 298 candidates in the fourth phase of elections in the stateThe 11 constituencies Jalna Aurangabad Maval Pune Shirur Ahmednagar Shirdi Nandurbar Jalgaon Raver and Beed The constituencies are spread across the central Marathwada in Maharashtra as well as northern and western regions of the stateVoting will take place from 7 am to 6 pm at 23284 polling centres according to data provided by the office of the states chief electoral officerIn the 11 constituencies covered in the fourth phase there are 22801151 registered voters 11859645 men 10940234 women and 1272 third gender personsThe Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has renominated Union minister Raosaheb Danve from Jalna constituency and Sujay Vikhe Patil in Ahmednagar and fielded former state minister Pankaja Munde from BeedActorturnedpolitician Amol Kolhe is the Sharad Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP candidate from Shirur Lok Sabha seat in Pune districtIn Marathwada it is the BJP versus Congress in Jalna and the Uddhav Thackerayled Shiv Sena UBT versus Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shindeled Shiv Sena in AurangabadIn Beed the BJP has fielded former state minister Pankaja Munde instead of sitting MP and her younger sister Pritam Munde Pankajas main rival will be Bajrang Sonawane of the Sharad Pawarled NCPSPIn Shirur sitting MP Kolhe of the NCP SP is pitted against Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil who is contesting as candidate of the NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit PawarAfter Baramati in Pune district Shirur is another prestige battle for Ajit Pawar who has publicly stated that he wants to ensure the defeat of Amol KolheIn northern Maharashtras Nandurbar STreserved sitting BJP MP Heena Gavit and Congress Gowaal Padvi are locked in a straight contestIn Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra BJPs Sujay Vikhe Patil is taking on Nilesh Lanke of the NCP SPNilesh Lanke the MLA from Parner in Ahmednagar district sided with Ajit Pawar when the NCP split in July 2023 However he later returned to the Sharad Pawar campIn Jalgaon it is a BJP versus NCP SP battleIn Raver also which comes under Jalgaon district the BJP and the Sharad Pawarled outfit are taking on each otherIn western Maharashtras Maval the two rival Shiv Senas are locked in a bitter fight post the 2022 split in the partyIn Pune city the BJP and the Congress are the main contendersIn Shirdi constituency where the famous Saibaba temple is located the Shiv Sena led by Shinde is taking on the Shiv Sena UBTMaharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats the second highest after 80 in Uttar Pradesh Out of the 48 seats voting has been completed in 24 in the first three phases of electionswith PTI inputs