Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: Full list of BJP candidates
The BJP plans to contest around 150 seats in the state but is currently facing challenging negotiations with its allies, Shiv Sena and NCP
- Oct 24, 2024,
- Updated Oct 28, 2024 4:06 PM IST
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
| SN | Maharashtra Assembly Constituencies | BJP Candidates for Maharashtra |
| 1 | Nagpur South West | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 2 | Kamthi | Chandrashekhar Bawankule |
| 3 | Shahada | Rajesh Padvi |
| 4 | Nandurbar | Vijaykumar Gavit |
| 5 | Dhule City | Anup Agarwal |
| 6 | Sindkheda | Jaikumar Rawal |
| 7 | Shirpur | Kashiram Pawara |
| 8 | Raver | Amol Jawale |
| 9 | Jalgaon City | Suresh Damu Bhole |
| 10 | Chalisgaon | Mangesh Ramesh Chavan |
| 11 | Bhusawal | Sanjay Savkare |
| 12 | Jamner | Girish Mahajan |
| 13 | Chikhli | Sweta Vidyadhar Mahale |
| 14 | Khamgaon | Akash Fundkar |
| 15 | Jalgaon | Sanjay Kute |
| 16 | Akola East | Randhir Sawarkar |
| 17 | Dhamangaon Railway | Pratap Janardhan Adsad |
| 18 | Achalpur | Pravin Tayde |
| 19 | Deoli | Rajesh Bakane |
| 20 | Hinganghat | Samir Kunawar |
| 21 | Wardha | Pankaj Bhoyar |
| 22 | Hingna | Sameer Meghe |
| 23 | Nagpur South | Mohan Mate |
| 24 | Nagpur East | Krishna Khopde |
| 25 | Tirora | Vijay Rahangdale |
| 26 | Gondiya | Vinod Agrawal |
| 27 | Amgaon | Sanjay Puram |
| 28 | Armori | Krushna Gajbe |
| 29 | Ballarpur | Sudhir Mungantiwar |
| 30 | Chimur | Bunty Bhangadiya |
| 31 | Wani | Sanjivreddy Bodkurwar |
| 32 | Ralegaon | Ashok Uike |
| 33 | Yavatmal | Madan Yerawar |
| 34 | Kinwat | Bhimrao Keram |
| 35 | Bhokar | Sreejaya Ashok Chavan |
| 36 | Naigaon | Rajesh Sambhaji Pawar |
| 37 | Mukhed | Tushar Rathod |
| 38 | Hingoli | Tanaji Mutkule |
| 39 | Jintur | Meghna Bordikar |
| 40 | Partur | Babanrao Lonikar |
| 41 | Badnapur | Narayan Kuche |
| 42 | Bhokardan | Santosh Raosaheb Danve |
| 43 | Phulambri | Anuradhatai Chavan |
| 44 | Aurangabad East | Atul Save |
| 45 | Gangapur | Prashant Bamb |
| 46 | Baglan | Dileep Borse |
| 47 | Chandvad | Rahul Aher |
| 48 | Nashik East | Rahul Dhikale |
| 49 | Nashik West | Seematai Hiray |
| 50 | Nalasopara | Rajan Naik |
| 51 | Bhiwandi West | Mahesh Choughule |
| 52 | Murbad | Kisan Kathore |
| 53 | Kalyan East | Sulabha Gaikwad |
| 54 | Dombivali | Ravindra Chavan |
| 55 | Thane | Sanjay Kelkar |
| 56 | Airoli | Ganesh Naik |
| 57 | Belapur | Manda Vijay Mhatre |
| 58 | Dahisar | Manisha Chaudhary |
| 59 | Mulund | Mihir Kotecha |
| 60 | Kandivali East | Atul Bhatkhalkar |
| 61 | Charkop | Yogesh Sagar |
| 62 | Malad West | Vinod Shelar |
| 63 | Goregaon | Vidya Thakur |
| 64 | Andheri West | Ameet Satam |
| 65 | Vile Parle | Parag Alavani |
| 66 | Ghatkopar West | Ram Kadam |
| 67 | Vandre West | Ashish Shelar |
| 68 | Sion Koliwada | Captain R. Tamil Selvan |
| 69 | Wadala | Kalidas Kolambkar |
| 70 | Malabar Hill | Mangal Prabhat Lodha |
| 71 | Colaba | Rahul Narwekar |
| 72 | Panvel | Prashant Thakur |
| 73 | Uran | Mahesh Baldi |
| 74 | Daund | Rahul Subhashrao Kul |
| 75 | Chinchwad | Shankar Jagtap |
| 76 | Bhosari | Mahesh Landge |
| 77 | Shivajinagar | Siddhrath Shirole |
| 78 | Kothrud | Chandrakant Patil |
| 79 | Parvati | Madhuri Satish Misal |
| 80 | Shirdi | Radhakrishna Patil |
| 81 | Shevgaon | Monika Rajale |
| 82 | Rahuri | Shivajirao Kardile |
| 83 | Shrigonda | Pratibha Pachpute |
| 84 | Karjat Jamkhed | Ram Shankar Shinde |
| 85 | Kaij | Namita Mundada |
| 86 | Nilanga | Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar |
| 87 | Ausa | Abhimanyu Pawar |
| 88 | Tuljapur | Ranajagjitsinha Patil |
| 89 | Solapur City North | Vijaykumar Deshmukh |
| 90 | Akkalkot | Sachin Kalyanshetti |
| 91 | Solapur South | Subhash Deshmukh |
| 92 | Man | Jaykumar Bhagwanrao Gore |
| 93 | Karad South | Atul Bhosale |
| 94 | Satara | Chhatrapati Shivendra Raje Bhosale |
| 95 | Kankavli | Nitesh Rane |
| 96 | Kolhapur South | Amal Mahadik |
| 97 | Ichalkaranji | Rahul Prakash Awade |
| 98 | Miraj | Suresh Khade |
| 99 | Sangli | Sudhir Dada Gadgil |
| 100 | Dhule Rural | Ram Bhadane |
| 101 | Malkapur | Chainsukh Sancheti |
| 102 | Akot | Prakash Bharsakale |
| 103 | Akola West | Vijay Agrawal |
| 104 | Washim | Shyam Khode |
| 105 | Melghat | Kewalram Kale |
| 106 | Gadchiroli | Milind Narote |
| 107 | Rajura | Deorao Bhongle |
| 108 | Brahmapuri | Krishnalal Sahare |
| 109 | Warora | Karan Deotale |
| 110 | Nashik Central | Devyani Pharande |
| 111 | Vikramgad | Harishchandra Bhoye |
| 112 | Ulhasnagar | Kumar Ailani |
| 113 | Pen | Ravindra Patil |
| 114 | Khadakwasala | Bhimrao Tapkir |
| 115 | Pune Cantonment | Sunil Kamble |
| 116 | Kasba Peth | Hemant Rasane |
| 117 | Latur Rural | Ramesh Karad |
| 118 | Solapur City Central | Devendra Kothe |
| 119 | Pandharpur | Samadhan Autade |
| 120 | Shirala | Satyajit Deshmukh |
| 121 | Jat | Gopichand Padalkar |
| 122 | Murtijapur | Harish Pimple |
| 123 | Karanja | Sai Prakash Dahake |
| 124 | Teosa | Rajesh Wankhade |
| 125 | Morshi | Umesh Yawalkar |
| 126 | Arvi | Sumit Wankhede |
| 127 | Katol | Charansing Thakur |
| 128 | Savner | Ashish Deshmukh |
| 129 | Nagpur Central | Pravin Datke |
| 130 | Nagpur West | Sudhakar Kohale |
| 131 | Nagpur North | Milind Mane |
| 132 | Sakoli | Avinash Brahmankar |
| 133 | Chandrapur | Kishor Jorgewar |
| 134 | Arni | Raju Todsam |
| 135 | Umarkhed | Kishan Wankhede |
| 136 | Deglur | Jitesh Antapurkar |
| 137 | Dahanu | Vinod Medha |
| 138 | Vasai | Sneha Dube |
| 139 | Borivali | Sanjay Upadhyay |
| 140 | Versova | Bharati Lavekar |
| 141 | Ghatkopar East | Parag Shah |
| 142 | Ashti | Suresh Dhas |
| 143 | Latur City | Archana Chakurkar |
| 144 | Malshiras | Ram Satpute |
| 145 | Karad North | Manoj Ghorpade |
| 146 | Palus Kadegaon | Sangram Deshmukh |
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.
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
| SN | Maharashtra Assembly Constituencies | BJP Candidates for Maharashtra |
| 1 | Nagpur South West | Devendra Fadnavis |
| 2 | Kamthi | Chandrashekhar Bawankule |
| 3 | Shahada | Rajesh Padvi |
| 4 | Nandurbar | Vijaykumar Gavit |
| 5 | Dhule City | Anup Agarwal |
| 6 | Sindkheda | Jaikumar Rawal |
| 7 | Shirpur | Kashiram Pawara |
| 8 | Raver | Amol Jawale |
| 9 | Jalgaon City | Suresh Damu Bhole |
| 10 | Chalisgaon | Mangesh Ramesh Chavan |
| 11 | Bhusawal | Sanjay Savkare |
| 12 | Jamner | Girish Mahajan |
| 13 | Chikhli | Sweta Vidyadhar Mahale |
| 14 | Khamgaon | Akash Fundkar |
| 15 | Jalgaon | Sanjay Kute |
| 16 | Akola East | Randhir Sawarkar |
| 17 | Dhamangaon Railway | Pratap Janardhan Adsad |
| 18 | Achalpur | Pravin Tayde |
| 19 | Deoli | Rajesh Bakane |
| 20 | Hinganghat | Samir Kunawar |
| 21 | Wardha | Pankaj Bhoyar |
| 22 | Hingna | Sameer Meghe |
| 23 | Nagpur South | Mohan Mate |
| 24 | Nagpur East | Krishna Khopde |
| 25 | Tirora | Vijay Rahangdale |
| 26 | Gondiya | Vinod Agrawal |
| 27 | Amgaon | Sanjay Puram |
| 28 | Armori | Krushna Gajbe |
| 29 | Ballarpur | Sudhir Mungantiwar |
| 30 | Chimur | Bunty Bhangadiya |
| 31 | Wani | Sanjivreddy Bodkurwar |
| 32 | Ralegaon | Ashok Uike |
| 33 | Yavatmal | Madan Yerawar |
| 34 | Kinwat | Bhimrao Keram |
| 35 | Bhokar | Sreejaya Ashok Chavan |
| 36 | Naigaon | Rajesh Sambhaji Pawar |
| 37 | Mukhed | Tushar Rathod |
| 38 | Hingoli | Tanaji Mutkule |
| 39 | Jintur | Meghna Bordikar |
| 40 | Partur | Babanrao Lonikar |
| 41 | Badnapur | Narayan Kuche |
| 42 | Bhokardan | Santosh Raosaheb Danve |
| 43 | Phulambri | Anuradhatai Chavan |
| 44 | Aurangabad East | Atul Save |
| 45 | Gangapur | Prashant Bamb |
| 46 | Baglan | Dileep Borse |
| 47 | Chandvad | Rahul Aher |
| 48 | Nashik East | Rahul Dhikale |
| 49 | Nashik West | Seematai Hiray |
| 50 | Nalasopara | Rajan Naik |
| 51 | Bhiwandi West | Mahesh Choughule |
| 52 | Murbad | Kisan Kathore |
| 53 | Kalyan East | Sulabha Gaikwad |
| 54 | Dombivali | Ravindra Chavan |
| 55 | Thane | Sanjay Kelkar |
| 56 | Airoli | Ganesh Naik |
| 57 | Belapur | Manda Vijay Mhatre |
| 58 | Dahisar | Manisha Chaudhary |
| 59 | Mulund | Mihir Kotecha |
| 60 | Kandivali East | Atul Bhatkhalkar |
| 61 | Charkop | Yogesh Sagar |
| 62 | Malad West | Vinod Shelar |
| 63 | Goregaon | Vidya Thakur |
| 64 | Andheri West | Ameet Satam |
| 65 | Vile Parle | Parag Alavani |
| 66 | Ghatkopar West | Ram Kadam |
| 67 | Vandre West | Ashish Shelar |
| 68 | Sion Koliwada | Captain R. Tamil Selvan |
| 69 | Wadala | Kalidas Kolambkar |
| 70 | Malabar Hill | Mangal Prabhat Lodha |
| 71 | Colaba | Rahul Narwekar |
| 72 | Panvel | Prashant Thakur |
| 73 | Uran | Mahesh Baldi |
| 74 | Daund | Rahul Subhashrao Kul |
| 75 | Chinchwad | Shankar Jagtap |
| 76 | Bhosari | Mahesh Landge |
| 77 | Shivajinagar | Siddhrath Shirole |
| 78 | Kothrud | Chandrakant Patil |
| 79 | Parvati | Madhuri Satish Misal |
| 80 | Shirdi | Radhakrishna Patil |
| 81 | Shevgaon | Monika Rajale |
| 82 | Rahuri | Shivajirao Kardile |
| 83 | Shrigonda | Pratibha Pachpute |
| 84 | Karjat Jamkhed | Ram Shankar Shinde |
| 85 | Kaij | Namita Mundada |
| 86 | Nilanga | Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar |
| 87 | Ausa | Abhimanyu Pawar |
| 88 | Tuljapur | Ranajagjitsinha Patil |
| 89 | Solapur City North | Vijaykumar Deshmukh |
| 90 | Akkalkot | Sachin Kalyanshetti |
| 91 | Solapur South | Subhash Deshmukh |
| 92 | Man | Jaykumar Bhagwanrao Gore |
| 93 | Karad South | Atul Bhosale |
| 94 | Satara | Chhatrapati Shivendra Raje Bhosale |
| 95 | Kankavli | Nitesh Rane |
| 96 | Kolhapur South | Amal Mahadik |
| 97 | Ichalkaranji | Rahul Prakash Awade |
| 98 | Miraj | Suresh Khade |
| 99 | Sangli | Sudhir Dada Gadgil |
| 100 | Dhule Rural | Ram Bhadane |
| 101 | Malkapur | Chainsukh Sancheti |
| 102 | Akot | Prakash Bharsakale |
| 103 | Akola West | Vijay Agrawal |
| 104 | Washim | Shyam Khode |
| 105 | Melghat | Kewalram Kale |
| 106 | Gadchiroli | Milind Narote |
| 107 | Rajura | Deorao Bhongle |
| 108 | Brahmapuri | Krishnalal Sahare |
| 109 | Warora | Karan Deotale |
| 110 | Nashik Central | Devyani Pharande |
| 111 | Vikramgad | Harishchandra Bhoye |
| 112 | Ulhasnagar | Kumar Ailani |
| 113 | Pen | Ravindra Patil |
| 114 | Khadakwasala | Bhimrao Tapkir |
| 115 | Pune Cantonment | Sunil Kamble |
| 116 | Kasba Peth | Hemant Rasane |
| 117 | Latur Rural | Ramesh Karad |
| 118 | Solapur City Central | Devendra Kothe |
| 119 | Pandharpur | Samadhan Autade |
| 120 | Shirala | Satyajit Deshmukh |
| 121 | Jat | Gopichand Padalkar |
| 122 | Murtijapur | Harish Pimple |
| 123 | Karanja | Sai Prakash Dahake |
| 124 | Teosa | Rajesh Wankhade |
| 125 | Morshi | Umesh Yawalkar |
| 126 | Arvi | Sumit Wankhede |
| 127 | Katol | Charansing Thakur |
| 128 | Savner | Ashish Deshmukh |
| 129 | Nagpur Central | Pravin Datke |
| 130 | Nagpur West | Sudhakar Kohale |
| 131 | Nagpur North | Milind Mane |
| 132 | Sakoli | Avinash Brahmankar |
| 133 | Chandrapur | Kishor Jorgewar |
| 134 | Arni | Raju Todsam |
| 135 | Umarkhed | Kishan Wankhede |
| 136 | Deglur | Jitesh Antapurkar |
| 137 | Dahanu | Vinod Medha |
| 138 | Vasai | Sneha Dube |
| 139 | Borivali | Sanjay Upadhyay |
| 140 | Versova | Bharati Lavekar |
| 141 | Ghatkopar East | Parag Shah |
| 142 | Ashti | Suresh Dhas |
| 143 | Latur City | Archana Chakurkar |
| 144 | Malshiras | Ram Satpute |
| 145 | Karad North | Manoj Ghorpade |
| 146 | Palus Kadegaon | Sangram Deshmukh |
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.