Maharashtra: Announcement of 16 candidates in the first list of Shiv Sena-UBT, former Union ministers also get a chance
Shiv Sena-UBT has released the first list for Lok Sabha elections 2024. 16 candidates have been announced in this list. Two former Union Ministers have also been included in the list. Former Union Minister Anant Geete will contest from Raigarh while former Union Minister Arvind Sawant will contest from South Mumbai. Apart from this, the party has also fielded Rajan Vichare from Thane, Amol Kirtikar from Mumbai North-West and Sanjay Patil from Mumbai North-East.
On the other hand, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar), another component of Maha Vikas Aghadi, has not yet announced its candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. On the other hand, Congress has announced its candidates on some seats.
Has the seat sharing equation been decided?
In Maharashtra, the seat sharing equation for 44 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats had already been decided by the Mahavikas Aghadi alliance. Out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, maximum 19 seats are in the account of Shiv Sena-UBT. Apart from this, Congress has got 16 seats and NCP-SP has got nine seats. Apart from this, there was a tussle between Congress and Shiv Sena-UBT on four Lok Sabha seats of Sangli, Bhiwandi, Mumbai North West and Mumbai South Central. Shiv Sena-UBT has fielded its candidate from one of these four seats, Sangli. That is, there are indications that the seat sharing equation has been decided.
Voting will be held in five phases in Maharashtra
Elections for 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be held in five phases on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20 and the counting of votes will take place on June 4. Maharashtra has the highest number of 48 Lok Sabha seats after Uttar Pradesh.
Who hit the field in 2019?
If we look at the figures of the year 2019, Bharatiya Janata Party had won 23 out of 48 seats in Maharashtra. Shiv Sena had won 18 seats, Nationalist Congress Party and AIMIM had won one seat each. Apart from this, one seat went to the account of an independent.
