Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Full list of BJP candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its third list of 25 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. So far, the BJP, a key member of the ruling Mahayuti coalition alongside the Shiv Sena and the NCP, has named candidates for 146 seats.  

In the second list, the party named 22 candidates. It decided to replace the sitting MLAs from Washim and Gadchiroli, while retaining incumbents from Akot, Nashik Central, Pen, Khadakwasla, Pune Cantonment, and Ulhasnagar.  Two legislative council members featured in this round of announcements. Gopichand Padalkar has been fielded from Jat, and Ramesh Karad will contest from Latur Rural, where he will go up against Congress candidate Dhiraj Deshmukh.  

The BJP's second list also included key leaders from Pune. Sunil Kamble will contest from Pune Cant, and Bhimrao Tapkir will again represent Khadakwasla. Additionally, the party has chosen Hemant Rasne as its candidate for the Kasba constituency in Pune city. In the first list, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was named from his traditional Nagpur South West seat. Mumbai BJP President Ashish Selar will contest from the Vandre West seat, while Lok Sabha MP Narayan Rane's son Nitesh Rane will fight from Kankavli.

Full list of BJP candidates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024

The BJP plans to contest around 150 seats in the state but is currently facing challenging negotiations with its allies, including the Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. In its initial list of 99 candidates, the BJP retained 71 sitting MLAs and also nominated relatives of regional political figures, such as the daughter of former Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who recently switched to the BJP.