Maharashtra Elections: MNS leader Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray to make electoral debut from Mahim

Raj Thackeray

Amit Thackeray, the son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray, will make his electoral debut from the Mahim assembly seat in central Mumbai, the party announced on October 22.

MNS released its first list of 45 candidates for the November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections.

MNS released a list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections.Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray to contest from Mahim in Mumbai. MNS spokesperson and former corporator Sandeep Deshpande will contest from Worli. #MaharashtraElection2024 pic.twitter.com/wkPLZYmAXk
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Pramod Patil, the only MNS MLA in the outgoing assembly, was renominated from Kalyan rural seat in neighbouring Thane district.

The MNS had announced earlier this month that it will fight the Maharashtra assembly elections on its own, without any alliance, said party chief Raj Thackeray on Wednesday.

“We will be contesting the polls with full vigour. After the polls, the MNS will be in government. MNS will contest the highest number of seats among all political parties,” the firebrand leader had said.

Of the 288 assembly constituencies in the state, MNS had won one seat each in the 2014 and 2019 elections.

Maharashtra will go to polls in a single phase on November 20 and votes will be counted on November 23.

It will largely be a fight between the ruling Mahayuti coalition of BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP, and the opposition bloc Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVS) comprising the Congress, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT) and Sharad Pawar’s NCP (SP).

(With PTI inputs)