In general election 2019, BJP, whose campaign was spearheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on muscular nationalism and a strident anti-Congress plank won 41 out of 48 in Maharashtra along with the Shiv Sena. The Congress won only one seat in Chandrapur which was won by Suresh Narayan Dhanorkar alias Balubhai. Nationalist Congress Party won four seats while one seat was bagged by an Independent.

The Winners

The winners include senior BJP leaders and Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Subhash Bhamre from Nagpur and Dhule seats respectively. The BJP nominee Sujay Vikhe Patil, son of Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, quit the Rahul Gandhi-led party to join the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and won the Ahmednagar seat. In Maval, sitting Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Barne defeated his NCP rival Parth Pawar, the grand nephew of former Union minister Sharad Pawar. The AIMIM had its first MP from the state as its nominee Imtiaz Jaleel Syed won a keenly fought election in Aurangabad. The winning Independent candidate Navnit Ravi Rana also won the poll in Amravati constituency.