BJP releases first list of 125 candidates for Maharashtra Assembly election; Devendra Fadnavis to contest from Nagpur South West

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released a list of 125 candidates for the upcoming assembly election in Maharashtra.

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party released the first list of 125 candidates on Tuesday for the upcoming assembly election in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who has found a place in the first list for Maharashtra assembly polls, will contest from Nagpur South West. It is to be noted that Fadnavis had contested from this seat in 2014 too.

BJP Maharashtra Chief Chandrakant Patil has been fielded from Kothrud while Pankaja Munde will contest from Parli. Shivendra Singh, who is a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivji Maharaj, will contest from Satara assembly. Mukta Tilak, the daughter-in-law of Lokmanya Tilak, has been given the ticket from Kasba Pet. Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, who quit Congress and joined BJP recently, will contest from Shirdi. State Minister Girish Mahajan will contest from Jamner. 

Udyan Raj Bhonsle has been elected to contest from Satara for Lok Sabha by-poll. Notably, BJP has given both assembly sets of Navi Mumbai, seats which Shiv Sena had been eyeing for its contestants. 

Take a look at BJP's first list for Maharashtra assembly election, released on Tuesday: 

Name of Legislative Assembly	Name of Candidate
Nagpur South West	Sri Devendra Fadanvis
Kothrud	Sri Chandrakant Dada Patil
Shahada (ST)	Sri Rajesh Udesingh Padvi
Nandurbar (ST)	Dr. Vijaykumar Gavit
Nawapur (ST)	Sri Bharat Manikrao Gavit
Dhule Rural	Smt. Dnyanjyoti Manohar Badane Patil
Sindkheda	Sri Jaykumar Rawal
Raver	Sri Haribhau Jawale
Bhusawal (SC)	Sri Sanjay Sawkare
Jalgaon City	Sri Suresh (Rajumama) Bhole
Amalner	Sri Shirish Chaudhari
Chalisgaon	Sri Mangesh Ramesh Chavhan
Jamner	Sri Girish Mahajan
Malkapur	Sri Chainsukh Sancheti
Chikhli	Smt. Shweta Mahale
Khamgaon	Sri Aakash Phundkar
Jalgaon (Jamod)	Dr Sanjay Kute
Akot	Sri Prakash Bharsakale
Akola West	Sri Goverdhan Sharma
Akola East	Sri Randhir Sawarkar
Murtijapur (SC)	Sri Harish Pimple
Washim (SC)	Sri Lakhan Malik
Karanja	Dr. Rajendra Patni
Amravati	Dr. Sunil Deshmukh
Daryapur (SC)	Sri Ramesh Bundile
Morshi	Dr. Anil Bonde
Arvi	Sri Dadarao Keche
Hinganghat	Sri Samir Kunawar
Wardha	Dr. Pankaj Bhoyar
Savner	Dr. Rajiv Potdar
Hingna	Sri Samir Meghe
Umred (SC)	Sri Sudhir Parwe
Nagpur South	Sri Mohan Mate
Nagpur East	Sri Krushna Khopde
Nagpur Central	Sri Vikas Shankarrao Kumbhare
Nagpur West	Sri Sudhakar Deshmukh
Nagpur North (SC)	Dr. Milind Mane
Arjuni-Morgaon (SC)	Sri Rajkumar Badole
Tirora	Sri Vijay Rahangadale
Amgaon (ST)	Sri Sanjay Puram
Armori (ST)	Sri Krushna D. Gajbhe
Gadchiroli (ST)	Dr. Devrao Holi
Rajura	Sri Sanjay Dhote
Chandrapur (SC)	Sri Nana Shyamkule
Ballarpur	Sri Sudhir Mungantiwar
Chimur	Sri Kirtikumar (Bunty)   Bhangdiya
Wani	Sri Sanjiv Reddy Bodkurwar
Ralegaon	Sri Ashok Ramji Uikey
Yavatmal	Sri Madan Madhukar Yerawar
Arni (ST)	Dr. Sandip Prabhakar Dhurve
Bhokar	Sri Bapusaheb Gorthekar
Mukhed	Dr. Tushar Rathod
Hingoli	Sri Tanaji Mutkule
Partur	Sri Babanrao Dattatray Lonikar
Badnapur (SC)	Sri Narayan Kuche
Bhokardan	Sri Santosh Raosaheb Patil Danve
Phulambri	Sri Haribhau Bagde
Aurangabad East	Sri Atul Sawe
Gangapur	Sri Prashant Bam
Chandvad	Dr. Rahul Aher
Nashik Central	Sau Devyani Farande
Nashik West	Sau Seema Hire
Dahanu (ST)	Sri Paskal Dhanare
Vikramgad (ST)	Dr. Hemant Sawara
Bhiwandi West	Sri Mahesh Chaugule
Murbad	Sri Kisan Kathore
Kalyan East	Sri Ganpat Kalu Gayakwad
Dombivali	Sri Ravindra Chavhan
Mira Bhayandar	Sri Narendra Mehata
Thane	Sri Sanjay Kelkar
Airoli	Sri Sandip Naik
Belapur	Smt. Manda Mhatre
Dahisar	Smt. Manisha Chaudhari
Mulund	Sri Mihir Kotecha
Kandivali East	Sri Atul Bhatkhalkar
Charkop	Sri Yogesh Sagar
Goregaon	Smt. Vidya Thakur
Andheri West	Sri Amit Satam
Vile Parle	Adv. Parag Alavani
Ghatkopar West	Sri Ram Kadam
Vandre West	Adv. Ashish Shelar
Sion Koliwada	Capt. Tamil Selwan
Wadala	Sri Kalidas Kolambkar
Malabar Hill	Sri Mangalprabhat Lodha
Panvel	Sri Prashant Thakur
Pen	Sri Ravisheth Patil
Shirur	Sri Baburao Kashinath Pacharne
Indapur	Sri Harshwardhan Patil
Chinchwad	Sri Laxman Jagtap
Bhosari	Sri Mahesh (Dada) Kisan Landge
Vadgaol Sheri	Sri Jagdish Mulik
Shivajinagar	Sri Sidharth Padmakar Shirole
Khadakwasala	Sri Bhimarao Tapkir
Parvati	Smt. Madhuri Misal
Hadapsar	Sri Yogesh Tilekar
Pune Cantonment (SC)	Sri Sunil Kamble
Kasba Peth	Sau Mukta Tilak
Akole (ST)	Sri Vaibhav Pichad
Shirdi	Sri Radhakrushna Vikhe Patil
Kopargaon	Smt. Snehalata Kolhe
Nevasa	Sri Balasaheb Murkute
Shevgaon	Smt. Monika Rajale
Rahuri	Sri Shivajirao Kardile
Shrigonda	Sri Babanrao Pachpute
Karjat Jamkhed	Prof. Ram Shinde
Georai	Adv Laxman Pawar
Majalgaon	Sri Ramesh Adaskar
Ashti	Sri Bhimrao Dhonde
Parli	Sau Pankaja Gopinathrao Munde - Palwe
Ahmadpur	Sri Vinayak Kisan Jadhav Patil
Nilanga	Sri Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar
Ausa	Sri Abhimanyu Pawar
Tuljapur	Sri Rana Jagjitsingh Pa.
Solapur City North	Sri Vijayrao Deshmukh
Solapur South	Sri Subhash Deshmukh
Wai	Sri Madan Prataprao Bhosale
Man	Sri Jaykumar Gore
Karad South	Sri Atul Suresh Bhosale
Satara	Sri Shivendrasinh Abhaysingraje Bhosale
Kolhapur South	Sri Amal Mahadeek
Ichalkaranji	Sri Suresh Halwankar
Miraj (SC)	Sri Suresh Khade
Sangli	Sri Sudhir Gadgil
Shirala	Sri Shivajirao Naik
Jat	Sri Vilasrao Jagtap

The development comes a day after BJP and its ally in Maharashtra Shiv Sena released a joint statement on Monday that the ruling saffron combine in the state will contest the October 21 Assembly elections together with other allies. The ruling combine comprises the BJP, the Shiv Sena, the Republican Party of India-A, the Rashtriya Samaj Paksha, the Shiv Sangram Party and the Rayat Kranti Sanghatana.

Maharashtra will go to polls on October 21 and counting of votes takes place on October 24.