Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Schedule, phase, seats, candidates and all you need to know about Maharashtra General Elections

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Date: The state of Maharashtra is known for its state level politics and is often considered as one of the most historical states of India. However, it also holds the second highest number of Lok Sabha seats in its bank, making it one of the centre of attraction states during any Lok Sabha Elections.

Lok Sabha Elections in Maharashtra 2024:

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Along with multiple state level parties, Maharashtra is also a stronghold to some of the big National Parties such as, BJP, NCP and Congress.

Maharashtra bears home the second highest number of Lok Sabha seats, which is 48, behind only Uttar Pradesh, who has 80. The state is known for its strong sense of loyalty towards the local issues and unpredictability during elections.

Maharashtra is one of those states where registering a landslide victory is a rare occurrence, and with the second highest number of seats in their account, it becomes an important state as it has the potential to decide the winner of any Lok Sabha Elections in clutch situations. Along with multiple state level parties, Maharashtra is also a stronghold to some of the big National Parties such as, BJP, NCP and Congress.

When is Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024?

The 2024 Lok Sabha Elections in Maharashtra is scheduled to take place from April 19 to May 20 in five different phases.

Phase 1: Date of polling- April 19

Ramtek
Nagpur
Bhandara – Gondiya
Gadchiroli – Chimur
Chandrapur

Phase 2: Date of polling- April 26

Buldhana
Akola
Amravati
Wardha
Yavatmal-Washim
Hingoli, Nanded
Parbhani

Phase 3: Date of polling- May 7

Raigad
Baramati
Osmanabad
Latur
Solapur
Madha
Sangli
Satara
Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Kolhapur
Hatkanangle

Phase 4: Date of polling- May 13

Nandurbar
Jalgaon
Raver
Jalna
Aurangabad
Maval
Pune
Shirur
Ahmednagar
Shirdi
Beed

Phase 5: Date of polling- May 20

Dhule
Dindori
Nashik
Palghar
Bhiwandi
Kalyan
Thane
Mumbai North
Mumbai North – West
Mumbai North – East
Mumbai North – Central
Mumbai South – Central
Mumbai South

How many phases Maharashtra will have?

Although Maharashtra is home to the second highest number of Lok Sabha seats with 48, the elections are generally concluded in the first half of the elections in only four to five phases, and once again ECI has decided to continue the trend in 2024 as the state is all set to open their polling booths on five occasions, i.e., in five phases.

How many Lok Sabha constituencies Maharashtra has?

The state of Maharashtra is divided into 48 Lok Sabha constituencies, out of which five seats are reserved for SC candidates, four are reserved for ST candidates and 39 seats are unreserved. In the 2019 elections, BJP won 23 seats, while Shiv Sena registered victory on 18 seats. The two parties were in alliance during the elections, but parted ways later on.

Complete list of elected candidates and constituencies from Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2019:

No	Constituency	Elected Members	Party
1	Nandurbar	Heena Gavit	BJP
2	Dhule	Subhash Bhamre	BJP
3	Jalgaon	Unmesh Patil	BJP
4	Raver	Raksha Khadase	BJP
5	Buldhana	Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav	SS
6	Akola	Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre	BJP
7	Amravati	Navnit Ravi Rana	Independent
8	Wardha	Ramdas Tadas	BJP
9	Ramtek	Krupal Tumane	SS
10	Nagpur	Nitin Gadkari	BJP
11	Bhandara–Gondiya	Sunil Baburao Mendhe	BJP
12	Gadchiroli–Chimur	Ashok Nete	BJP
13	Chandrapur	Suresh Dhanorkar	INC
14	Yavatmal–Washim	Bhavana Gawali	SS
15	Hingoli	Hemant Sriram Patil	SS
16	Nanded	Prataprao Govindrao Chikhalikar	BJP
17	Parbhani	Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav	SS
18	Jalna	Raosaheb Danve	BJP
19	Aurangabad	Imtiyaz Jaleel	AIMM
20	Dindori	Bharati Pawar	BJP
21	Nashik	Hemant Godse	SS
22	Palghar	Rajendra Gavit	SS
23	Bhiwandi	Kapil Moreshwar Patil	BJP
24	Kalyan	Shrikant Shinde	SS
25	Thane	Rajan Vichare	SS
26	Mumbai North	Gopal Shetty	BJP
27	Mumbai North West	Gajanan Kirtikar	SS
28	Mumbai North East	Manoj Kotak	BJP
29	Mumbai North Central	Poonam Mahajan	BJP
30	Mumbai South Central	Rahul Shewale	SS
31	Mumbai South	Arvind Sawant	SS
32	Raigad	Sunil Tatkare	NCP
33	Maval	Shrirang Chandu Barne	SS
34	Pune	Girish Bapat	BJP
35	Baramati	Supriya Sule	NCP
36	Shirur	Amol Kolhe	NCP
37	Ahmednagar	Sujay Vikhe Patil	BJP
38	Shirdi	Sadashiv Lokhande	SS
39	Beed	Pritam Munde	BJP
40	Osmanabad	Omraje Nimbalkar	SS
41	Latur	Sudhakar Bhalerao Shrungare	BJP
42	Solapur	Jaisidhesvar Swami	BJP
43	Madha	Ranjit Naik-Nimbalkar	BJP
44	Sangli	Sanjaykaka Patil	BJP
45	Satara	Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil (By-Poll)	NCP
46	Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg	Vinayak Raut	SS
47	Kolhapur	Sanjay Mandlik	SS
48	Hatkanangle	Dhairyashil Mane	SS

List of candidates for 2024 elections

The Uddhav Thackrey-led Shiv Sena fought side by side with BJP in NDA, against Ajit Pawar-led NCP and INC in the 2019 elections, but in a bizarre turn of events, BJP will be going to have support from both Shiv Sena and NCP, while still going up against both of the parties, as the two parties are now bifurcated into two different parties. Shiv Sena is divided into Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) and Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde), while NCP is divided into NCP (Ajit Pwaar) and NCP (Sharad Pawar). While the newly formed Shiv Sena and NCP will be a part of NDA alliance, the other Shiv Sena and NCP, will be a part of I.N.D.I.A alliance.

Check out the complete list of candidates for Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2024:

No	Constituency	NDA	I.N.D.I.A
1	Nandurbar	Heena Vijaykumar Gavit (BJP)	Adv Gowaal K Padavi (INC)
2	Dhule	Subhash Ramrao Bhamre (BJP)
3	Jalgaon	Smita Wagh (BJP)
4	Raver	Raksha Nikhil Khadase (BJP)
5	Buldhana
6	Akola	Anup Dhotre (BJP)	Abhay Kashinath Patil (INC)
7	Amravati	Navneet Rana (BJP)	Balwant Basawant Wankhede (INC)
8	Wardha	Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas (BJP)
9	Ramtek		Rashmi Shyamkumar Barve (INC)
10	Nagpur	Nitin Gadkari (BJP)	Vikas Thakare (INC)
11	Bhandara–Gondiya	Sunil Baburao Mendhe (BJP)	Prashant Yadavrao Padole (INC)
12	Gadchiroli–Chimur	Ashok Mahadev Rao Nete (BJP)	Namdev Dasaram Kirsan (INC)
13	Chandrapur	Sudhir Mungantiwar (BJP)	Pratibha Suresh Dhanorkar (INC)
14	Yavatmal–Washim
15	Hingoli
16	Nanded	Prataprao Patil (BJP)	Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan (INC)
17	Parbhani
18	Jalna	Raosaheb Dadarao Danve (BJP)
19	Aurangabad
20	Dindori	Barti Pravin Pawar (BJP)
21	Nashik
22	Palghar
23	Bhiwandi	Kapil Moreshwar Patil (BJP)
24	Kalyan
25	Thane
26	Mumbai North	Piyush Goyal (BJP)
27	Mumbai North West
28	Mumbai North East	Mihir Kotecha (BJP)
29	Mumbai North Central
30	Mumbai South Central
31	Mumbai South
32	Raigad
33	Maval
34	Pune	Murlidhar Kisan (BJP)	Ravindra Hemraj Dhangekar (INC)
35	Baramati
36	Shirur
37	Ahmednagar	Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (BJP)
38	Shirdi
39	Beed	Pankaja Munde (BJP)
40	Osmanabad
41	Latur	Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangare (BJP)	Shivajirao Kalge (INC)
42	Solapur	Ram Satpute (BJP)	Praniti Sushilkumar Shinde (INC)
43	Madha	Ranjeetsinha Hindurao Naik (BJP)
44	Sangli	Sanjaykaka Patil (BJP)
45	Satara
46	Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg
47	Kolhapur		Shahu Shahaji Chatrapati (INC)
48	Hatkanangle

First uploaded on: 25-02-2024 at 02:15 IST

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