Among those filing nominations were Union minister Ramdas Athawale, senior BJP leader Vinod Tawde, and Parth Pawar. Opposition candidate Sharad Pawar also filed his nomination for the lone seat expected to be won by the opposition alliance

Raut explained that although there was strong support within the party for Chaturvedi to return to the Upper House of Parliament, the Shiv Sena (UBT) did not have the required numbers in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly to successfully contest the seat