The Congress on Thursday (October 24) released its first list of 48 candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections. The party has nominated former chief minister and MLA Prithviraj Chavan to contest from the Karad South constituency, while state Congress chief Nana Patole will run from Sakoli.
Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra legislative assembly, Vijay Wadettiwar, has been fielded from the Brahmapuri seat, and former minister Balasaheb Thorat will contest from Sangamner.
Other notable candidates include Praful Vinodrao Gudadhe from Nagpur South West and Aslam R. Shaikh from Malad West. Maharashtra will head to the polls on November 20, with the results expected to be announced on November 23.
The tri-party alliance announced its seat-sharing arrangement for 255 constituencies on Wednesday, with each party allocated 85 seats. The remaining 23 seats in the state assembly will be finalized based on the parties’ candidate lists. Some of these seats will also be allocated to the Samajwadi Party, the Peasants and Workers Party (PWP), and the Communist Party of India (CPI).
“The problem of seat sharing has been resolved…We are going to contest the elections based on merit…In Maharashtra, today, after seat sharing, we are confident that we will cross 200 (seats)…This ‘choryuti’ (Mahayuti) has ruined the state. We will dethrone them…The public has also made up their minds to dethrone them….,” Wadettiwar said.