Mumbai, Maharashtra (October 16, 2024): Prakash Ambedkar's Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Wednesday has released its third list of 30 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections. This brings the total number of candidates fielded by the VBA to 51.
Before the announcement of assembly election dates, the VBA had already released two candidate lists, including 11 candidates in the first list and 10 in the second.
The candidates announced in the latest list include:
- Dhule City – Jitendra Shirsat
- Sindkheda – Bhoja Singh Todar Singh Rawal
- Umred – Sapna Rajendra Meshram
- Ballarpur – Satish Murlidhar Malekar
- Chimur – Arvind Atmaram Sandekar
- Kinwat – Prof. Vijay Khuche
- Nanded North - Dr. Gautam Duthade
- Deglur – Sushil Kumar Deglurkar
- Pathri – Vitthal Talekar
- Partur-Ashti – Ramprasad Thorat
- Ghansawangi – Kaveritai Baliram Khatke
- Jalna – David Ghumare
- Badnapur – Satish Kharat
- Deolali – Avinash Shinde
- Igatpuri – Bhaurao Kashinath Ingle
- Ulhasnagar – Dr. Sanjay Gupta
- Anushakti Nagar – Satish Rajguru
- Worli – Amol Anand Nikalje
- Pen – Devendra Koli
- Ambegaon – Deepak Panchmukh
- Sangamner – Aziz Abdul Vora
- Rahuri – Anil Bhikaji Jadhav
- Majalgaon – Sheikh Manzoor Chand
- Latur City – Vinod Khatke
- Tuljapur – Dr. Sneha Sonkate
- Osmanabad – Adv. Pranit Shamrao
- Paranda – Praveen Ranabagul
- Akkalkot – Santoshkumar Khandu Ingle
- Malshiras – Raj Yashwant Kumar
- Miraj – Vigyan Prakash Mane
Despite fielding a significant number of candidates in the Lok Sabha elections across 48 seats in the state, the VBA did not secure any victories. However, the party is now focused on making a stronger impact in the upcoming assembly elections. The Election Commission of India has given VBA the gas cylinder symbol in all assembly constituencies of Maharashtra for the upcoming assembly elections.
Maharashtra will hold its Assembly elections in a single phase on November 20, with results set to be announced on November 23. The Election Commission of India made the announcement as the tenure of the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly is set to end on November 26.