Major Showdowns To Watch On Result Day
In the Kopri-Pachpakhadi seat, CM Eknath Shinde (Shinde Sena) will go head-to-head with Kedar Dighe, the nephew of Shinde’s late mentor, Anand Dighe, who is fielded by Sena (UBT).
Baramati, the stronghold of the Pawar family, sees a unique contest between seasoned leader Ajit Pawar and his nephew, first-time contender Yugendra Pawar.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) faces Congress’s Prafulla Gudadhe, a former corporator from Nagpur South West.
In Worli, Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Aaditya Thackeray is seeking a second term as MLA. He faces competition from Milind Deora of the ruling Shiv Sena and Sandeep Deshpande of the MNS.
The Sakoli Assembly seat has state Congress president Nana Patole facing off against BJP’s Avinash Brahmankar.
In the Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar seat, NCP’s Nawab Malik faces competition from SP state chief and sitting MLA Abu Asim Azmi and Shiv Sena’s Shivaji Patil.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule, the Maharashtra BJP president, is up against Suresh Bhoyar. Bhoyar’s father had represented the seat for two terms.
Yeola sees a faceoff between Chhagan Bhujbal of NCP and his former aide Manikrao Shinde, fielded by Sharad Pawar’s faction of NCP.
In Mumbai’s Bandra East, Zeeshan Siddique of the NCP, who previously won on a Congress ticket, is up against Varun Sardesai of Sena (UBT), the nephew of Uddhav Thackeray.
The Mahim seat sees an electoral battle between MNS chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit, Sena (UBT) candidate Mahesh Sawant, and Shinde Sena's Sada Sarvankar.
The Mumbadevi seat is seeing a tight contest between Shaina NC of Shiv Sena and Amin Patel of Congress, who has previously won the seat three times.