Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Tuesday announced the names of two more candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly elections to be held on November 20. In this, Divya Mahadevrao Bhuyar will contest from Morshi and Shankar Hiraman Mandekar from Bhor.
Earlier 38 candidates were announced
Earlier, on Wednesday, the first list of 38 candidates was released for the Maharashtra Assembly elections. In which it was informed that Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will contest from Baramati, Chhagan Bhujbal from Yeola and Dilip Walse Patil will contest from Ambegaon.
Shiv Sena has released a list of 45 candidates.
Earlier, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena had released a list of 45 candidates. CM Eknath Shinde will once again present his claim from Kopri Pachpakhadi to score a fourth victory, while the party has fielded Vilas Sandipan Bhumare from Paithan.
Raj Thackeray made son Amit a candidate from Mahim
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had released a list of names of its 45 candidates. In this list, the name of MNS chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray has been released as a candidate from Mahim. At the same time, MNS spokesperson and former councilor Sandeep Deshpande will contest from Worli.
Political equation in the country's third-largest assembly
This time the political contest in Maharashtra is expected to be very interesting. This is because about 25 months ago in June 2022, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government fell. After this, a BJP-supported government was formed. Assembly elections will be held for the first time in the state after the Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) split. At present, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has the support of 202 MLAs in the 288-member Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra. BJP is the largest party with 102 MLAs. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar has 40 MLAs. Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has 18 MLAs. 14 independent MLAs have also supported the NDA government. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's government also has the support of five other small parties.
How strong is the opposition camp in Maharashtra
Apart from this, the opposition camp (Maha Vikas Aghadi - MVA) has a total of 71 MLAs. Congress is the largest party in the opposition with 37 MLAs. Apart from this, former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has 16 MLAs. Senior politician Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) has 12 MLAs. Samajwadi Party has two, CPIM and PWPI have one MLA each. Two MLAs of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) are also in the opposition camp. 15 assembly seats are vacant.
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