After five years of political ups and downs, Maharashtra is all set for the Assembly elections 2024 for its 288 seats.
In the last state elections in 2019, the Shiv Sena was a united force under Uddhav Thackeray. Also, Ajit Pawar was with his uncle Sharad Pawar.
Despite winning the majority in 2019, the alliance between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena did not stand after the election results and President’s rule was imposed. In November, Devendra Fadnavis took oath as the CM of the state along with Ajit Pawar, who jumped ship to form the government with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and was made the deputy CM. However, three days later, on November 26, the duo resigned and Ajit Pawar went back to his uncle Sharad Pawar. Thackeray then formed an alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress to form government after the floor test on November 28.
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In June 2022, in another setback for Thackeray, his party’s Eknath Shinde joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) along with a group of his MLAs to form a government with the BJP in the state. Shinde was made the CM and Fadnavis became his deputy. A few months later, Ajit Pawar, once again, split from his uncle with a group of leaders and joined the Mahayuti alliance and was made the deputy CM again.
In 2019, the BJP had won 105 seats, Shiv Sena 56, NCP 54, Congress 44, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) 3, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) 2, Samajwadi Party (SP) 2, CPIM and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena 1 and the rest by smaller parties.
Going into the 2024 elections, Maharashtra has two alliances — the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The Mahayuti comprises mainly the BJP, Shiv Sena (Shinde), NCP (Ajit Pawar), while the MVA includes Shiv Sena (UBT), Congress and NCP (Sharad Pawar).
In the state, while Western Maharashtra accounts for 70 seats, Vidarbha 62, Marathwada 46, Thane-Konkan 39, Mumbai 36 and North Maharashtra 35.
Here’s a district-wise list of the candidates who won the Assembly seats in 2019:
Nandurbar district: 4
1) Akkalkuwa: Adv. K. C Padavi (Congress)
2) Shahada: Rajesh Padvi (BJP)
3) Nandurbar: Vijayakumar Gavit (BJP)
4) Nawapur: Shirish Naik (Congress)
Dhule district: 5
5) Sakri: Manjusha Gavit (Independent)
6) Dhule Rural: Kunal Patil (Congress)
7) Dhule City: Farooq Shah (AIMIM)
8) Sindkheda: Jayakumar Rawal (BJP)
9) Shirpur: Kashiram Pawara (BJP)
Jalgaon district: 11
10) Chopda: Lata Sonawane (Shiv Sena – Shinde Group)
11) Raver: Shirish Chaudhary (Congress)
12) Bhusawal: Sanjay Savkare (BJP)
13) Jalgaon City: Suresh Bhole (BJP)
14) Jalgaon Rural: Gulabrao Patil (Shiv Sena – Shinde Group)
15) Amalner Assembly: Anil Patil (NCP Ajit Pawar)
16) Erandol Assembly: Chimanrao Patil (Shiv Sena-Shinde group)
17) Chalisgaon Assembly: Mangesh Chavan (BJP)
18) Pachora Assembly: Kishore Patil (Shiv Sena)
19) Jamner Assembly: Girish Mahajan (BJP)
20) Muktainagar Assembly: Chandrakant Patil (Independent)
Buldhana district: 7
21) Malkapur: Rajesh Ekade (Congress)
22) Buldhana: Sanjay Gaikwad (Shiv Sena – Shinde)
23) Chikhli: Shweta Mahale (BJP)
24) Sindkhed Raja: Rajendra Shingane (NCP)
25) Mehkar Assembly: Sanjay Raimulkar (Shiv Sena Shinde)
26) Khamgaon Assembly: Akash Phundkar (BJP)
27) Jalgaon Jamod: Sanjay Kute (BJP)
Akola district: 5
28) Akot: Prakash Bharasakle (BJP)
29) Balapur: Nitin Deshmukh (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
30) Akola West: Govardhan Sharma (BJP) (Deceased)
31) Akola East: Randhir Savarkar (BJP)
32) Murtijapur: Harish Pimple (BJP)
Washim district: 3
33) Risod: Amit Janak (Congress)
34) Washim: Lakhan Malik (BJP)
35) Karanja: Rajendra Patni (BJP)
Amravati district: 8
36) Dhamangaon Railway: Pratap Arun Adsad (BJP)
37) Badnera: Ravi Rana (Independent)
38) Amravati: Sulabha Khodke (Congress)
39) Tivas: Yashomati Thakur (Congress)
40) Daryapur: Balwant Wankhede (Congress) (Elected to Lok Sabha)
41) Melghat: Rajkumar Patel (Prahar Jan Shakti)
42) Achalpur: Bachchu Kadu (Pahar Jan Shakti)
43) Morshi: Devendra Bhuyar (Swabhimani) – Presently with Ajit Pawar
Wardha district: 4
44) Arvi: Dadarao K (BJP)
45) Deoli: Ranjit Kamble (Congress)
46) Hinganghat: Sameer Kunawar (BJP)
47) Wardha: Pankaj Bhoir (BJP)
Nagpur district: 12
48) Katol: Anil Deshmukh (NCP- Sharad Pawar)
49) Savner: Sunil Kedar (Congress)
50) Hingana: Sameer Meghe (BJP)
51) Umred: Raju Parve (Congress) – Currently Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde
52) Nagpur South West: Devendra Fadnavis (BJP)
53) Nagpur South: Mohan Mate (BJP)
54) Nagpur East: Krishna Khopde (BJP)
55) Nagpur Central: Vikas Kumbhare (BJP)
56) Nagpur West: Vikas Thackeray (Congress)
57) Nagpur North: Nitin Raut (Congress)
58) Kamathi: Tekchand Savarkar (BJP)
59) Ramtek: Ashish Jaiswal (Independent)
Bhandara district: 3
60) Tumsar: Rajendra Karemore (NCP- Ajit Pawar)
61) Bhandara: Narendra Bhondekar (Independent) Currently supporting Eknath Shinde
62) Sakoli: Nana Patole (Congress)
Gondia district: 4
63) Arjuni Morgaon: Manohar Chandrikapure (NCP Ajit Pawar)
64) Tirora: Vijay Rahangdale (BJP)
65) Gondia: Vinod Agarwal (Independent)
66) Amgaon: Maruti Karote (Congress)
Gadchiroli district: 3
67) Armory: Krishna Gajbe (BJP)
68) Gadchiroli: Dr. Devrao Holi (BJP)
69) Aheri: Dharmaraobaba Atram (NCP Ajit Pawar)
Chandrapur district: 6
70) Rajura: Subhash Dhote (Congress)
71) Chandrapur: Kishore Jorgewar (Independent)
72) Ballarpur: Sudhir Mungantiwar (BJP)
73) Brahmapuri: Vijay Wadettiwar (Congress)
74) Chimur: Keerthikumar Bhangdia (BJP)
75) Varora: Pratibha Dhanorkar (Congress) (Currently in Lok Sabha)
Yavatmal district: 7
76) Vani: Sanjeev Reddy Bodkulwar (BJP)
77) Ralegaon: Ashok Uike (BJP)
78) Yavatmal: Madan Yerawar (BJP)
79) Digras: Sanjay Rathod (Shiv Sena- Eknath Shinde)
80) Arni: Sandeep Dhurve (BJP)
81) Pusad: Indranil Manohar Naik (NCP Ajit Pawar)
82) Umarkhed: Namdev Sasane (BJP)
Nanded district: 9
83) Kinwat: Bhimrao Keram (BJP)
84) Hadgaon: Madhavrao Patil Khaibagaonkar (Congress)
85) Bhokar: Ashok Chavan (BJP) – Presently Rajya Sabha MP
86) Nanded North: Balaji Kalyankar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
87) Nanded South: Mohan Humbarde (Congress)
88) Loha: Shyamsundar Shinde (Independent)
89) Naigaon: Rajesh Pawar (BJP)
90) Degalur: Jitesh Antapurkar (Congress)
91) Mukhed: Tushar Rathod (BJP)
Hingoli district: 3
92) Vasmat: Chandrakant Navghare (NCP Ajit Pawar)
93) Kalmanuri: Santosh Bangar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
94) Hingoli: Tanaji Mutkule (BJP)
Parbhani district: 4
95) Jintoor: Meghna Bordikar (BJP)
96) Parbhani: Rahul Patil (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
97) Gangakhed: Ratnakar Gutte (RASP)
98) Pathari: Suresh Varapoodkar (Congress)
Jalna district: 5
99) Partur: Baban Lonikar (BJP)
100) Ghansawangi: Rajesh Tope (NCP Sharad Pawar)
101) Jalna: Kailas Gorantiyal (Congress)
102) Badnapur: Narayan Kuche (BJP)
103) Bhokardan: Santosh Danve (BJP)
Aurangabad/ Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district: 9
104) Sillod: Abdul Sattar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
105) Kannada: Uday Singh Rajput (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
106) Phulumbri: Haribhau Bagde (BJP)
107) Aurangabad Central: Pradeep Jaiswal (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
108) Aurangabad West: Sanjay Shirsat (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
109) Aurangabad East: Atul Save (BJP)
110) Paithan: Sandipan Bhumre (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde) – Currently MP
111) Gangapur: Prashant Bamb (BJP)
112) Vaijapur: Ramesh Bornare (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
Nashik district: 15
113) Nandgaon: Suhas Kande (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
114) Malegaon Central: Mohammad Ismail (AIMIM)
115) Malegaon Outer: Dada Bhuse (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
116) Baghlan: Dilip Borse (BJP)
117) Kalwan: Nitin Pawar (NCP Ajit Pawar)
118) Chandwad: Rahul Aher (BJP)
119) Yevla: Chhagan Bhujbal (NCP Ajit Pawar)
120) Sinnar: Manikrao Kokate (NCP Ajit Pawar)
121) Niphad: Dilip Bankar (NCP Ajit Pawar)
122) Dindori: Narahari Jirwal (NCP Ajit Pawar)
123) Nashik East: Rahul Dhikle (BJP)
124) Nashik Central: Devyani Farande (BJP)
125) Nashik West: Seema Hiray (BJP)
126) Deolali: Saroj Ahire (NCP)
127) Igatpuri: Hiraman Khoskar (Congress)
Palghar district: 6
128) Dahanu: Vinod Nikolay (CPIM)
129) Vikramgad: Sunil Bhusara (NCP Sharad Pawar)
130) Palghar: Srinivas Vanga (Shiv Sena)
131) Boisar: Rajesh Patil (BVA)
132) Nalasopara: Kshitij Thakur (BVA)
133) Vasai: Hitendra Thakur (BVA)
Thane district: 18
134) Bhiwandi Rural: Shantaram More (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
135) Shahapur: Daulat Daroda (NCP Ajit Pawar)
136) Bhiwandi West: Mahesh Prabhakar Chowgule (BJP)
137) Bhiwandi East: Raees Shaikh (SP)
138) Kalyan West: Vishwanath Bhoir (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
139) Murbad: Kisan Kathore (BJP)
140) Ambernath: Balaji Kinikar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
141) Ulhasnagar: Kumar Ailani (BJP)
142) Kalyan East: Ganpat Gaikwad (BJP)
143) Dombivli: Ravindra Chavan (BJP)
144) Kalyan Rural: Pramod Patil (MNS)
145) Mira-Bhayander: Geeta Jain (Independent)
146) Ovala-Majeevda: Pratap Sarnaik (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
147) Kopri-Pachpakkhadi: Eknath Shinde (Shiv Sena)
148) Thane: Sanjay Kelkar (BJP)
149) Mumbra-Kalwa: Jitendra Awad (NCP Sharad Pawar)
150) Airoli: Ganesh Naik (BJP)
151) Belapur: Manda Mhatre (BJP)
Mumbai district: 36
152) Borivali: Sunil Rane (BJP)
153) Dahisar: Manisha Chaudhary (BJP)
154) Magathne: Prakash Surve (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
155) Mulund: Mihir Kotecha (BJP)
156) Vikhroli: Sunil Raut (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
157) Bhandup West: Suresh Koparkar (Congress)
158) Jogeshwari East: Ravindra Waikar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
159) Dindoshi: Sunil Prabhu (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
160) Kandivali East: Atul Bhatkhalkar (BJP)
161) Charkop: Yogesh Sagar (BJP)
162) Malad West: Aslam Shaikh (Congress)
163) Goregaon: Vidya Thakur (BJP)
164) Versova: Bharti Lavekar (BJP)
165) Andheri West: Amit Satam (BJP)
166) Andheri East: Rituja Latke (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
167) Vile Parle: Parag Alwani (BJP)
168) Chandivali: Dilip Lande (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
169) Ghatkopar West: Ram Kadam (BJP)
170) Ghatkopar East: Parag Shah (BJP)
171) Mankhurd Shivajinagar: Abu Azmi (SP)
172) Anushaktinagar: Nawab Malik (NCP)
173) Chembur: Prakash Phatarpekar (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
174) Kurla: Mangesh Kudalkar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
175) Kalina: Sanjay Potnis (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
176) Bandra East: Zeeshan Siddiqui (Congress)
177) Bandra West: Ashish Shelar (BJP)
178) Dharavi: Varsha Gaikwad (Congress) – Currently elected to Lok Sabha
179) Sion Koliwada: Captain Tamil Selvan (BJP)
180) Wadala: Kalidas Kolambakar (BJP)
181) Mahim: Sada Saravankar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
182) Worli: Aaditya Thackeray (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
183) Shivdi: Ajay Chaudhary (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
184) Byculla: Yamini Jadhav (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
185) Malabar Hill: Mangal Prabhat Lodha (BJP)
186) Mumbadevi: Amin Patel (Congress)
187) Colaba: Rahul Narvekar (BJP)
Raigad district: 7
188) Panvel: Prashant Thakur (BJP)
189) Karjat: Mahendra Thorve (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
190) Uran: Mahesh Baldi (Independent)
191) Pen: Ravisheth Patil (BJP)
192) Alibaug: Mahendra Dalvi (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
193) Shrivardhan: Aditi Tatkare (NCP Ajit Pawar)
194) Mahad: Bharat Gogawle (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
Pune district: 21
195) Junnar: Atul Benke (NCP Ajit Pawar)
196) Ambegaon: Dilip Valse Patil (NCP Ajit Pawar)
197) Khed Alandi: Dilip Mohite (NCP Ajit Pawar)
198) Shirur: Ashok Pawar (NCP Ajit Pawar)
199) Daund: Rahul Kul (BJP)
200) Indapur: Datta Bharne (NCP Ajit Pawar)
201) Baramati: Ajit Pawar (NCP)
202) Purandar: Sanjay Jagtap (Congress)
203) Bhor: Sangram Thope (Congress)
204) Maval: Sachin Shelke (NCP Ajit Pawar)
205) Chinchwad: Ashwini Jagtap (BJP)
206) Pimpri: Anna Bansode (NCP Ajit Pawar)
207) Bhosari: Mahesh Landge (BJP)
208) Vadgaonsheri: Sunil Tingre (NCP Ajit Pawar)
209) Shivajinagar: Siddharth Shirole (BJP)
210) Kothrud: Chandrakant Patil (BJP)
211) Khadakwasla: Bhimrao Tapkir (BJP)
212) Parvati: Madhuri Misal (BJP)
213) Hadapsar: Chetan Tupe (NCP Ajit Pawar)
214) Pune Cantonment: Sunil Kamble (BJP)
215) Kasba Peth: Ravindra Dhangekar (Congress)
Ahmednagar district: 12
216) Akole: Kiran Lahamte (NCP Sharad Pawar)
217) Sangamner: Balasaheb Thorat (Congress)
218) Shirdi: Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (BJP)
219) Kopargaon: Ashutosh Kale (NCP Ajit Pawar)
220) Srirampur: Lahu Kanade (Congress)
221) Nevasa: Shankarao Gadakh (Revolutionary Party)
222) Shevgaon Pathardi: Monica Rajle (BJP)
223) Rahuri: Prajakt Tanpure (NCP Sharad Pawar)
224) Parner: Nilesh Lanke (NCP) – Currently elected to Lok Sabha
225) Ahmednagar City: Sangram Jagtap (NCP Ajit Pawar)
226) Srigonda: Babanrao Pachpute (BJP)
227) Karjat Jamkhed: Rohit Pawar (NCP Sharad Pawar)
Beed district: 6
228) Gevrai: Laxman Pawar (BJP)
229) Majalgaon: Prakash Solanke (NCP Ajit Pawar)
230) Beed: Sandeep Kshirsagar (NCP Sharad Pawar)
231) Ashti: Balasaheb Ajbe (NCP Ajit Pawar)
232) Kaij: Namita Mundada (BJP)
233) Parli: Dhananjay Munde (NCP Ajit Pawar)
Latur district: 6
234) Latur Rural: Dheeraj Deshmukh (Congress)
235) Latur City: Amit Deshmukh (Congress)
236) Ahmedpur: Babasaheb Patil (NCP Ajit Pawar)
237) Udgir: Sanjay Bansode (NCP Ajit Pawar)
238) Nilanga: Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (BJP)
239) Ausa: Abhimanyu Pawar (BJP)
Osmanabad / Dharashiv district: 4
240) Umarga: Gyanraj Chaugule (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
241) Tuljapur: Rana Jagjit Singh Patil (BJP)
242) Osmanabad: Kailas Patil (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
243) Paranda: Tanaji Sawant (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
Solapur district: 11
244) Karmala: Sanjay Shinde (Independent) – Supports Ajit Pawar
245) Madha: Baban Shinde (NCP Ajit Pawar)
246) Barshi: Rajendra Raut (Independent) – Supports BJP
247) Mohol: Yashwant Mane (NCP Ajit Pawar)
248) Solapur City North: Vijay Kumar Deshmukh (BJP)
249) Solapur City Central: Praniti Shinde (Congress) – Currently MP in Lok Sabha
250) Akkalkot: Sachin Shetty (BJP)
251) Solapur South: Subhash Deshmukh (BJP)
252) Pandharpur: Sadhan Awatade (BJP)
253) Sangola: Shahaji Bapu Patil (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
254) Malshiras: Ram Satpute (BJP)
Satara district: 8
255) Phaltan: Deepak Chavan (NCP Ajit Pawar)
256) Wai: Makarand Patil (NCP Ajit Pawar)
257) Koregaon: Mahesh Shinde (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
258) Man: Jayakumar Gore (BJP)
259) Karad North: Balasaheb Patil (NCP Sharad Pawar)
260) Karad South: Prithviraj Chavan (Congress)
261) Patan: Shambhuraj Desai (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
262) Satara: Shivendraraje Bhosale (BJP)
Ratnagiri district: 5
263) Dapoli: Yogesh Kadam (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
264) Guhagar: Bhaskar Jadhav (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
265) Chiplun: Shekhar Nikam (NCP Ajit Pawar)
266) Ratnagiri: Uday Samant (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
267) Rajapur: Rajan Salvi (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
Sindhudurg district: 3
268) Kankavali: Nitesh Rane (BJP)
269) Kudal: Vaibhav Naik (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
270) Sawantwadi: Deepak Kesarkar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
Kolhapur district: 10
271) Chandgarh: Rajesh Narsingh Patil (NCP Ajit Pawar)
272) Radhanagari: Prakash Abitkar (Shiv Sena – Eknath Shinde)
273) Kagal: Hasan Mushrif (NCP Ajit Pawar)
274) Kolhapur South: Rituraj Patil (Congress)
275) Karveer: PN Patil Sadolikar (Congress) – deceased
276) Kolhapur North: Jayashree Jadhav (Congress)
277) Shahuwadi: Vinay Kore (Janasurajya)
278) Hatkanangle: Raju Awale (Congress)
279) Ichalkaranji: Prakash Awade (Independent)
280) Shirol: Ulhas Patil (Shiv Sena – Uddhav Thackeray)
Sangli district: 8
281) Miraj: Suresh Khade (BJP)
282) Sangli: Sudhir Gadgil (BJP)
283) Islampur: Jayant Patil (NCP Sharad Pawar)
284) Shirala: Man Singh Naik (NCP Sharad Pawar)
285) Palus Kadegaon: Dr. Vishwajit Kadam (Congress)
286) Khanapur: Anil Babar (Shiv Sena) – deceased
287) Tasgaon-Kavathemahankal: Sumantai Patil (NCP Sharad Pawar)
288) Jat: Vikram Sawant (Congress)
