Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar’s faction of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) released its first list of 38 candidates for the upcoming state Assembly elections on Wednesday. Ajit Pawar himself will be contesting from Baramati, a seat he has represented for over two decades. Other key figures include Chhagan Bhujbal from Yeola and Dilip Walse Patil from Ambegaon.
While the complete seat-sharing arrangement of the Mahayuti alliance is yet to be announced, Ajit Pawar’s NCP faction is expected to contest 52-54 seats in total. In the recent Lok Sabha elections, the NCP secured leads in just six assembly segments, a significant drop from the 40 seats it currently holds in the Maharashtra Assembly.
NCP Candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024:
- Baramati – Ajit Pawar
- Yeola – Chhagan Bhujbal
- Ambegaon – Dilip Walse Patil
- Kagal – Hasan Mushrif
- Parli – Dhananjay Munde
- Dindori – Narhari Zirwal
- Aheri – Dharamrao Baba Atram
- Shrivardhan – Aditi Tatkare
- Amalner – Anil Bhaidas Patil
- Udgir – Sanjay Bansode
- Arjuni Morgaon – Rajkumar Badole
- Majalgaon – Prakash Dada Solanke
- Wai – Makrand Patil
- Sinnar – Manikrao Kokate
- Khed Alandi – Dilip Mohite Patil
- Ahmednagar City – Sangram Jagtap
- Indrapur – Dattatray Bharne
- Ahmedpur – Babasaheb Patil
- Shahapur – Daulat Daroda
- Pimpri – Anna Bansode
- Kalwan – Nitin Pawar
- Kopargaon – Ashutosh Kale
- Akole – Kiran Lahamate
- Basmath – Chandrakant Nawghare
- Chiplun – Shekhar Nikam
- Maval – Sunil Shelke
- Junnar – Atul Benke
- Mohol – Yashwant Mane
- Hadapsar – Chetan Tupe
- Deolali – Saroj Aahire
- Chandgad – Rajesh Patil
- Igatpuri – Hiraman Khoskar
- Tumsar – Raju Koremore
- Pusad – Indranil Naik
- Amravati City – Sulbha Khodke
- Navapur – Bharat Gavit
- Pathri – Nirmala Vitekar
- Mumbra Kalwa – Najeeb Mulla
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Additionally, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will contest from the Kopri-Panchpakhadi constituency in Thane. Many key ministers from Shinde’s camp, who played a role in the revolt against Uddhav Thackeray in 2022, will also contest from their respective constituencies:
- Gulabrao Patil from Jalgaon Rural
- Deepak Kesarkar from Sawantwadi
- Abdul Sattar from Sillod
- Shambhuraj Desai from Patan
- Dada Bhuse from Malegaon Outer in Nashik district.
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