LS Polls in Maharashtra - Anil Desai among Uddav Sena's 17 candidates
Uddhav Thackeray's party has 17 lok sabha candidates, including Desai and two former Union ministers, Anant Geete and Arvind Sawant. Amol Kirtikar, the son of party MP Gajanan Kirtikar, has also been nominated as a contender for the Lok Sabha. Amol Kirtikar will run in North West mumbai, arvind sawant in South mumbai, and Anil Desai in the mumbai South Central lok sabha Constituency.
SHIV SENA (UBT) lok sabha CANDIDATES
Arvind Sawant - South Mumbai
Amol Kirtikar - North West Mumbai
Sanjay Dina Patil - North east Mumbai
Anil Desai - South Central Mumbai
Anant Geete - Raigad
Vinayak Raut - Ratnagiri Sindhudurg
Bhausaheb Wakchaure - Shirdi
Chandrahar Patil - Sangli
Sanjay Jadhav - Parbhani
Sanjog Waghere - Maval
Buldhana - narendra Khedekar
Nagesh Patil Ashtikar - Hingoli
Sanjay Deshmukh - Yavatmal Washim
Omraje Nimbalkar - Dharashiv
Chandrakant Khaire - Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
Rajabhau Waje - Nashik
Rajan Vichare - Thane
Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), the opposition coalition in maharashtra, has not yet made an official announcement about the seat-sharing agreement. According to reports, the MVA has settled on seat-sharing for 44 constituencies; discussions are still underway for the other four seats.
Of the 44 seats that have been finalised, 19 will be contested by shiv sena, 16 by Congress, and 9 by Sharad Pawar's NCP.
Sanjay Raut, the head of shiv sena (UBT), declared today that the party will run for 22 seats, with the remaining seats to be disclosed at a later date.
Maharashtra's 48 lok sabha seats will vote in five stages beginning on april 19.