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Only 8 per cent of full candidates successful the ongoing assembly elections successful Maharashtra are women. In the 2019 assembly polls, lone 23 women had made it to the assembly. With 50 women candidates fielded by six large parties successful the state, the fig is apt to summation successful 2024 arsenic beardown women candidates vie against their antheral counterpart successful a fig of assembly segments.
As per information from the Election Commission of India (ECI), 4,136 candidates are successful the fray for the Maharashtra assembly polls. Out of these, 3,771 are antheral candidates portion lone 363 are pistillate candidates and 2 are others. Among the six large parties, the BJP has fielded 17 women candidates retired of its 149, portion the Congress has fixed a summons to 7 retired of 101 candidates. The Shiv Sena has fielded 7 candidates retired of 81 and Shiv Sena (UBT) has fixed tickets to 10 women candidates retired of its 95 seats. Ajit Pawar led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has fielded 5 women retired of 59 portion NCP(SP) has fixed summons to 11 women candidates retired of 86.
Among the beardown women candidates, erstwhile curate and Congress MLA Yashomati Thakur is contesting from Tewsa successful Vidarbha’s Amaravati district, Heena Gavit – 2 clip Lok Sabha MP from BJP — is contesting arsenic an autarkic from Nandurbar’s Akkalkuwa against erstwhile curate and Congress MLA K C Padvi, five-term LS MP and Shiv Sena MLC Bhavana Gawali is contesting from Risod successful Washim district, elder BJP MLAs Devyani Farande (Nasik central), Seema Hire (Nasik west), Manisha Chaudhari (Dahisar), Vidya Thakur (Goregaon), Bharti LAvekar (Versova) and Manda Mhatre (Belapur) are contesting for their 3rd terms.
Among the high-profile fights, see the 1 successful Deolali successful Nashik district, wherever the ruling alliance’s Shiv Sena and NCP person fixed tickets to Rajashri Ahirrao and Saroj Ahire, respectively. The absorption Shiv Sena (UBT) has fixed a summons to Yogesh Gholap. In Shirdi, gross curate Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil faces a pugnacious conflict from Congress debutant Prabhavati Ghogare. Party wide caput Priyanka Gandhi connected Saturday held a nationalist rally to run for Ghogare, who has cornered Vikhe-Patil.
The daughters and daughters-in-law of elder leaders person besides deed the canvass battle. Rohini Khadse, girl of elder person and MLC Eknath Khadse is contesting with the NCP(SP) from Muktainagar seat. BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Chavan’s girl Shrijaya Chavan is making her electoral debut from the family’s accepted spot of Bhokar, portion elder BJP person Raosaheb Danve’s girl Ranjana Jadhav is simply a Shiv Sena campaigner from Kannad successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. Bhagyashree Atram from NCP (SP) is taking connected her begetter and Maharashtra curate Dharmarao Atram from Aheri spot successful Gadchiroli district. NCP person Nawab Malik’s girl Sana Malik is warring from Anushaktinagar successful Mumbai. Daughters-in-law of PWP person Jayant Pati -Chitralekha Patil is contesting from Alibaug portion Meenal Patil-Khatgaonkar is warring from Naigaon.
In respective places, wives of elder enactment leaders person been fielded. In Nagpur’s Saoner seat, Congress person Sunil Kedar’s woman Anuja Kedar is contesting portion successful Wardha’s Arvi seat, NCP(SP)’s Lok Sabha MP Amar Kale’s woman Mayura Kale is simply a candidate. Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Waikar’s woman Manisha is contesting from Jogeshwari, portion jailed BJP MLA Ganpat Gaikwad’s woman Sulbha Gaikwad is simply a enactment campaigner from Kalyan East. MLA Shyamsundar Shinde’s woman Asha is contesting from his Loha spot successful Nanded, portion elder authorities authoritative Atul Chavan’s woman Anuradha Chavan is simply a BJP campaigner from Phulambri successful Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
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