The Shiv Sena (UBT) Uddhav Thackery faction on Wednesday released its first list of candidates in Maharashtra for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, with senior leader Anil Desai nominated for the Mumbai South Central parliamentary constituency.
Taking to X, party leader Sanjay Raut announced the list of candidates, which included contenders for constituencies such as Raigad, Ratnagiri, Thane, Parbhani, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Shirdi, South Mumbai, North West Mumbai, North East Mumbai, Sangli, Hingoli, Dharashiv, Nasik, and Maval.
“With the permission of Uddhav Thackeray, we have announced 17 candidates for the Lok Sabha seats today. We are contesting 22 seats. The remaining candidates of Palghar, Hatkanangale, Kalyan-Dombivli and Mumbai North will be announced in 24 hours or two days,” Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said.
Arvind Sawant, the incumbent MP, has been selected to run for re-election from the South Mumbai constituency, while Amol Kirtikar will contest from Mumbai North West, a seat previously held by his father, Gajanan Kirtikar. Kirtikar’s candidacy is notable amid an ED summons related to the Khichdi scam.
Other party candidates include Sanjay Deshmukh for Yavatmal, Narendra Khedekar for Buldhana, Sanjog Waghere for Maval, Chandrahar Patil for Sangali, Nagesh Patil for Hingoli, Chandrakant Khaire for Sambhajinagar, and Omraj Nimbalkar for Dharashiv.
Anant Geete, a veteran leader, will contest from Raigad, while Vinayak Raut will run from Ratnagiri. Rajan Vichare is the nominee for Thane, and Sanjay Jadhav will contest the Parbhani seat.
Here’s the full list of candidates:
1) Buldhana – Narendra Khedekar
2) Yavatmal-Washim – Sanjay Deshmukh
3) Mawal – Sanjog Waghere Patil
4) Sangli – Chandrahar Patil
5) Hingoli – Nagesh Patil Ashtikar
6) Sambhajinagar – Chandrakant Khaire
7) Dharashiv – Omraj Nimbalkar
8) Shirdi – Bhausaheb Waghchore
9) Nashik – Rajabhau Waje
10) Raigad – Anant Gite
11) Sindhudurg-Ratnagiri – Vinayak Raut
12) Thane – Rajan Vichare
13) Mumbai North East – Sanjay Dina Patil
14) Mumbai South – Arvind Sawant
15) Mumbai North West – Amol Kirtikar
16) Parbhani – Sanjay Jadhav
17) Mumbai South Central – Anil Desai