On Wednesday, March 27, the Shiv Sena (UBT) released the first first list of candidates in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Sena leader Sanjay Raut took to X and shared the list of the 17 candidates, namely for Raigad, Ratnagiri, Thane, Parbhani, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Shirdi, South Mumbai, North West Mumbai, North East Mumbai, Sangli, Hingoli, Dharshiv, Nasik and Maval seats.
“With the blessings of Shiv Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray and the order of Shiv Sena party chief Uddhavji Thackeray, the list of 17 Lok Sabha candidates of Shiv Sena is announced,” he tweeted.
हिंदूहृदयसम्राट शिवसेनाप्रमुख बाळासाहेब ठाकरे यांच्या आशीर्वादाने आणि शिवसेना पक्ष प्रमुख श्री.उद्धवजी ठाकरे यांच्या आदेशाने शिवसेनेच्या 17 लोकसभा उमेदवारांची यादी जाहीर करण्यास येत आहे..
— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) March 27, 2024
*मुंबई दक्षिण मध्य:श्री अनिल देसाई यांच्या उमेदवारीची घोषणा करण्यात येत आहे.
इतर 16 उमेदवार… pic.twitter.com/nPg2RHimSF
Here's the list of constants field by the party for the Lok Sabha constituency:
Mumbai North-West: Amol Kirtikar
Mumbai-North East: Sanjay Dina Patil
South Mumbai: Arvind Sawant
Thane: Rajan Vichare
Sangli: Chandrahar Patil
Raigad: Anant Gete
Ratnagiri (Sindhudurg): Vinayak Raut
Shirdi: Bhausaheb Waghchore
Nashik: Rajabhau Waje
Buldhana: Prof. Narendra Khedekar
Yavatmal–Washim: Sanjay Deshmukh
Maval: Sanjog Vaghere Patil
Hingoli: Nagesh Patil Ashtikar
Sitting MPs Sanjay Jadhav (Parbhani) and Omraje Nimbalkar (Osmanabad/Sambhajinagar) have been renominated.
It is pertinent to note that Amol's father and sitting MP from the seat Gajanan Kirtikar is affiliated to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction.