Eknath Shinde To Aaditya Thackeray: Key Candidates Contesting Maharashtra Elections

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will contest the assembly elections from Thane's Kopri-Panchpakhadi. This will be the first poll in the state where his faction of the Shiv Sena will test its electoral fortune. Image: PTI

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray has been fielded from Mumbai's Worli assembly constituency. Image: PTI

Nationalist Congress Party leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar will contest the assembly polls from Baramati. It will be the first assembly polls for his faction also after the vertical split of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP in 2023. Image: PTI

Deputy Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis will enter the poll fray from his stronghold Nagpur South West seat. Image: PTI

Maharashtra minister and Ajit Pawar loyalist, Chagan Bhujbal has been given the ticket from the Yevla assembly constituency in Nashik district. Image: X

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Krishnarao Bawankule will contest from the Kamthi seat. Image: PTI

Kedar Dighe, nephew of Sena veteran late Anand Dighe has been given a ticket by the Shiv Sena (UBT) from Kopri-Panchpakhadi against CM Shinde. Image: X