Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Congress Releases First List Of 48 Candidates; Check Who Made The Cut

Congress Candidate List Maharashtra: With the Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 approaching, all parties are now announcing their candidate lists. The anticipation for the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) candidates has been high. Congress has taken the lead in this regard and has announced its first candidate list. This list includes 48 candidates. Few hours ago, Sharad Pawar's NCP released its first list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. 

In Congress's first list, senior leaders such as former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, State President Nana Patole, and Balasaheb Thorat are included.

1. Kala Kuan - Adv. K.C. Padavi (ST)
2. Shahada - Rajendra Kumar Krushnarao Gavit (ST)
3. Nandurbar - Kiran Damodar Tadvi (ST)
4. Nagpur - Shri Krishna Kumar Surupsing Naik (ST)
5. Sakri - ST Pravin Bapu Chaure
6. Dhule Rural - Kunal Rohidas Patil
7. Raver - Adv. Dhananjay Shirish Chaudhari
8. Malkapur - Rajesh Panditrao Ekade
9. Chikhli - Rahul Siddhivinayak Bondre
10. Risod - Amit Subhashrao Zanak
11. Dhamangaon Railway  - Prof. Virendra Walmikrao Jagtap
12. Amravati - Dr. Sunil Deshmukh
13. Teosa - Adv. Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur
14. Achalpur - Aniruddha Bablubhau Subhanrao Deshmukh
15. Deoli - Ranjit Pratap Kamble
16. Nagpur South-West -Prafulla Vinodrao Gudadhe
17. Nagpur Central - Bunty Baba Shelke
18. Nagpur West - Vikas P. Thackeray
19. Nagpur North - SC Dr. Nitin Kashinath Raut
20. Sakoli -Nanabhau Falgunrao Patole
21. Gondia - Gopaldas Shankarlal Agarwal
22. Rajura - Subhash Ramchandrarao Dhote
23. Brahmapuri - Vijay Namdevrao Wadettiwar
24. Chimur - Satish Manohar Rao Warjukar
25. Hadgaon - Madhavrao Nivruttirao Pawar Patil
26. Bhokar - Tirupati Baburao Kadam Kondekar
27. Naygaon - Meenal Niranjan Patil (Khatgaonkar)
28. Pathri - Suresh Ambadas Warpudkar
29. Fulambri - Vilas Keshavrao Autade
30. Mira Bhayander - Syed Muzaffar Hussain
31. Malad West - Aslam. Shaikh
32. Chandivali - Mohammad Arif Naseem Khan
33. Dharavi -Dr. Jyoti Eknath Gaikwad (ST)
34. Mumbadevi - Amin Amirali Patel
35. Purandar - Sanjay Chandrakant Jagtap
36. Bhor - Sangram Anantrao Thopte
37. Kasba Peth - Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar
38. Sangamner - Vijay Balasaheb Thorat
39. Shirdi - Prabhavathi J. Ghogre
40. Latur Rural - Dhiraj Vilasrao Deshmukh
41. Latur City - Amit Vilasrao Deshmukh
42. Akkalkot - Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre
43. Karad South - Prithviraj Chavan
44. Kolhapur South - Ruturaj Sanjay Patil
45. Karveer - Rahul Pandurang Patil
46. Hatkanangle -Raju Jaywantrao Awale (SC)
47. Palus-Kadegaon - Dr. Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam
48. Jat - Vikramsinh Balasaheb Sawant

Meanwhile, the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction and the Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have also announced their first candidate lists for the assembly elections. The Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has announced 65 candidates, while Sharad Pawar's NCP has announced 45 candidates.