BREAKING: NCP's First List for Maharashtra Elections Out, Ajit Pawar to contest from Baramati

New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction led by Ajit Pawar on Wednesday declared the first list of candidates, featuring 38 names, ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections. The NCP has fielded Ajit Pawar from family bastion Baramati and Chhagan Bhujbal from Yeola. 

Notably, the NCP is contesting the assembly elections in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) and Shiv Sena. Polling for all 288 assembly seats will be held in single phase on November 20, while results will be announced on November 23.

List of 38 candidates and and their constituencies

• Baramati: Ajit Pawar
• Yevla: Chagan Bhubal
• Ambegaon: Dilip Valse-Patil
• Kagal: Hasan Mushrif
• Parali: Dhananjay Munde
• Dindori: Narhari Jhirwal
• Aheri: Dharmarao Baba Atram
• Shrivardhan: Aditi Tatkare
• Amalner: Anil Bhaidas Patil
• Udgir: Sanjay Bansode
• Arjuni Morgaon: Rajkumar Badole
• Majalgaon: Prakashdada Solnake
• Wai: Makarand Patil 
• Sinnar: Manikrao Kokate
• Kheld Alandi: Dilip Mohite
• Ahmednagar City: Sangram Jagtap
• Indapur: Dattatreya Bharane
• Ahmedpur: Babasaheb Patil
• Shahpur: Daulat Daroda
• Pimpri: Anna Bansode
• Kalwan: Nitin Pagar
• Kopargao: Ashutosh Kale
• Akole: Kiran Lahamate
• Basmat: Chandrakant alias Raju Navghare
• Chiploom: Shekhar Nikam
• Mawal: Sunil Shelke
• Junnar: Atul Benke
• Mohol: Yashwant Vittal Mane
• Hadpasar: Chetan Tupe
• Deolali: Saroj Ahire
• Changarh: Rajesh Patil
• Igatpuri: Hiraman Khoskar
• Tumsar: Raju Karemore
• Pusad: Indranil Naik
• Amaravati City: Sulabha Khodke
• Navapur: Bharat Gavit
• Pathri: Nirmala Uttarmrao Vitekar
• Mumbra-Kalwa: Najeeb Mulla

As election date nears, both the ruling Mahayuti alliance -- comprising the BJP alongside the Shiv Sena ( Eknath Shinde faction) and Ajit Pawar -led NCP -- and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) -- comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), NCP ( Sharad Pawar faction), and Congress , have stepped up their preparations.

Meanwhile, the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction released its first list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls, on Tusday night. The party has nominated Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from Kopri-Panchpakhadi in Thane city and more than half a dozen cabinet members from their respective seats. As per the list, the ruling party has re-nominated almost all the MLAs who backed Shinde when he led a revolt against the then-chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in June 2022.