71 names announced, final list will come today
Congress has announced 71 names so far. The party will also announce the final list today. At present, Congress has announced 85 seats, but it is being said that the party will field its candidates on at least 90-95 seats. For this, talks are going on with allies.
Earlier, Congress had announced the names of veteran leaders in the first list. A total of 48 candidates were announced in the first list of Congress, which included the names of opposition leader Vijay Wadettiwar, state president Nana Patole, former CM Prithviraj Chavan and Balasaheb Thorat.
How many MVA candidates were declared?
Mahavikas Aghadi has so far announced candidates for 196 seats. In which names of candidates of Shiv Sena (UBT) are included on 80 seats, Congress on 71 seats and NCP (Sharad) on 45 seats. There are 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and there are 6 parties in Mahavikas Aghadi. The pictures of CPM, Shetkari and SP are not clear yet. SP is demanding 5 seats.