The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has released its first list of 65 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. Aaditya Thackeray, former minister and son of Uddhav Thackeray, will contest from his current Worli constituency in central Mumbai.
Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place in a single phase on 20 November, with results announced on 23 November.
Meanwhile, the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance - comprising Congress, NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT) - has announced plans for each member party to contest 85 seats. The alliance is still finalising its seat-sharing pact.
Full List Of Shiv Sena (UBT) Candidates For Maharashtra Polls
1. Chalisgaon - Umesh Patil
2. Pachora - Vaishali Suryavanshi
3. Mehkar - Siddharth Kharat
4. Balapur - Nitin Deshmukh
5. Akola East - Gopal Datkar
6. Washim - Siddharth Deole
7. Badnera - Sunil Kharate
8. Ramtek - Vishal Barbate
9. Wani - Sanjay Derkar
10. Loha - Eknath Pawar
11. Kalamnuri - Santosh Tarfe
12. Parbhani - Rahul Patil
13. Gangakhed - Vishal Kadam
14. Sillod - Suresh Bankar
15. Kannad - Udaysingh Rajput
16. Sambhajinagar Central - Kishanchand Tanwani
17. Sambhajinagar West - Raju Shinde
18. Vaijapur - Dinesh Pardeshi
19. Nandgaon - Ganesh Dhatrak
20. Malegaon Outer - Advay Hiray
21. Niphad - Anil Kadam
22. Nashik Central - Vasant Geete
23. Nashik West - Sudhakar Badgujar
24. Palghar - Jayendra Dubla
25. Boisar - Vishwas Valvi
26. Bhiwandi Rural - Mahadev Ghatak
27. Ambernath - Rajesh Wankhede
28. Dombivali - Dipesh Mhatre
29. Kalyan Rural - Subhash Bhoir
30. Ovala-Majiwada - Naresh Manera
31. Kopri-Pachpakhadi - Kedar Dighe
32. Thane - Rajan Vichare
33. Airoli - MK Madhavi
34. Magathane - Udesh Patekar
35. Vikhroli - Sunil Raut
36. Bhandup West - Ramesh Korgaonkar
37. Jogeshwari East - Anant Nar
38. Dindoshi - Sunil Prabhu
39. Goregaon - Samir Desai
40. Andheri East - Rutuja Latke
41. Chembur - Prakash Phaterpekar
42. Kurla - Pravina Morajkar
43. Kalina - Sanjay Potnis
44. Vandre East - Varun Sardesai
45. Mahim - Mahesh Sawant
46. Worli - Aditya Thackeray
47. Karjat - Nitin Sawant
48. Uran - Manohar Bhoir
49. Mahad - Snehal Jagtap
50. Nevasa - Shankarrao Gadakh
(This list will be updated)