The Shiv Sena on Friday released its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. The party has declared candidates for 21 of 23 seats it is contesting this election. Shiv Sena is contesting this election in alliance with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in Maharashtra. The BJP will contest on 25 seats and Shiv Sena will field its candidates on 23 seats.
The Shiv Sena is expected to announce its candidates for remaining two seats – Palghar and Satara – soon. The list comes out a day after the BJP released the names of candidates for 16 seats in Maharashtra. Polling in Maharashtra will happen on April 11, 18, 23 and 29. The results will be declared on May 23.
Shiv Sena candidate list for Lok Sabha elections
Anant Geete – Raigad
Sanjay Mandlik- Kolhapur
Dhairyashil Mane – Hatkanangale
Hemant Godse – Nashik
Sadashiv Lokhande – Shirdi
Shivajirao Adhalrao – Shirur
Chandrakant Khaire – Aurangabad
Shrirang Barne – Maval
Bhavna Gawli – Yavatmal-Washim
Prataprao Jadhav – Buldhana
Krupal Tumane – Ramtek
Anandrao Adsul – Amravati
Sanjay Jadhav – Parbhani
Hemant Patil – Hingoli
Omraje Nimbalkar – Osmanabad
Arvind Sawant – Mumbai South
Rahul Shewale – Mumbai South-Central
Gajanan Kirtikar – Mumbai North-West
Rajan Vichare – Thane
Shrikant Shinde – Kalyan
Vinayak Raut – Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
This time, Shiv Sena has not given a ticket to Ravindra Gaikwad who had hit an Air India staffer in 2017. The Sena replaced Gaikwad with Omraje Nimbalkar in Osmanabad constituency. In 2014, the Shiv Sena had contested on 20 Lok Sabha seats and won 18 in the state.