Ajit Pawar-led NCP releases first of 38 candidates; check full list here

The Ajit Pawarled Nationalist Congress Party NCP on Wednesday released its first list of 38 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 which are to be held on November 20The party announced that Nationalist Congress Party chief Ajit Pawar will contest the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 from family bastion BaramatiApart from renominating 26 sitting MLAs including ministers who sided with Ajit Pawar when he joined the ruling camp the NCP has also fielded sitting legislators Sulbha Khodke Amravati and Hiraman Khoskar Igatpuri who switched over from the Congress recentlyBharat Gavit son of Congress veteran late Manikrao Gavit has been fielded from NavapurDeputy Speaker of state assembly Narhari Zirwal has been fielded from Dindori and state cabinet minister Chhagan Bhujbal from YeolaFormer minister Rajkumar Badole who was earlier with the BJP has been given the ticket from ArjuniMorgaonCheck full list hereEarlier the Shiv Sena has released its first list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls nominating Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from KopriPanchpakhadi in Thane city and more than half a dozen cabinet members from their respective seatsAs 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 SundayThe Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 to the 288member assembly will be held on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23Eknath Shinde will seek reelection from KopriPanchpakhadi seat in Thane city adjoining MumbaiThe 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 Mumbai The party has also fielded kin of several leadersFrom Rajapur it has given ticket to Kiran Samant brother of minister Uday Samant Suhas Babar son of late legislator Anil Babar will contest from Khanapur in Sangli districtManisha 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 PaithanThe ruling Mahayuti which consists of the BJP Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawars NCP is yet to announce its seatsharing deal for polls to the 288member assembly