Lok Sabha elections 2024: Baramati to Mumbai North, key seats in Maharashtra

The state has a total of 9.2 crore voters, including more than 50,000 centenarians. This is an increase of 34 lakh individuals from 2019, PTI reported.

During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 23 seats in the state, while its then ally Shiv Sena got 18. The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 4, while Congress and AIMIM were limited to one seat each, with one seat going to an Independent candidate.

Baramati

The western Maharashtra constituency has always backed veteran leader Sharad Pawar and his family for the past few decades. However, the situation is quite different this time as Sharad Pawar's nephew Ajit Pawar rebelled against him and joined the Eknath Shine-led Shiv Sena-BJP government in the state. Supriya Sule, a three-time MP from this seat, is facing stiff competition from Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra this time.

Nagpur

Nagpur, which also houses the RSS headquarters, is represented by veteran BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari. The constituency is also the home turf of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Nagpur was once a stronghold of Congress' Vilas Muttemwar, however, Gadkari has won from here by a margin of over two lakh votes in the last two polls.

Kalyan

Shrikant Shinde, the son of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, won from this seat in the 2014 and 2019 polls while contesting on the ticket of the undivided Shiv Sena. This Lok Sabha constituency comprises six Assembly segments, three of which are held by the BJP, one with the Shiv Sena, and one each with the MNS and NCP- Sharad Pawar.

Bhandara-Gondia

Since 1989, the BJP has won the seat four times but has always opted for a fresh face. Currently, BJP's Sunil Mendhe is the incumbent MP from here. The eastern Maharashtra constituency holds significance as former MP and currently the NCP working president, Praful Patel, is believed to have played a major role in Ajit Pawar’s rebellion against Sharad Pawar.

Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg

Union minister Narayan Rane's son Nilesh Rane won from this seat in 2009. However, he was defeated in 2014 and 2019 by Shiv Sena’s Vinayak Raut, who is currently with Shiv Sena (UBT). In recent times, the region has witnessed agitations against a proposed mega refinery and an under-construction nuclear power plant, PTI reported.

Mumbai South

Residing some of the top industrialist families and bureaucrats, this seat has been represented by Arvind Sawant of Shiv Sena (UBT) since the 2014 polls. In the last two elections, Sawant defeated then-Congress leader Milind Deora, who is now a member of the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.

Mumbai North

Considered one of the BJP's safest seats, BJP's Gopal Shetty won from here in the last two elections. However, the saffron party has this time named Union Minister Piyush Goyal as its candidate from Mumbai North.

Nanded

Nanded in central Maharashtra has been a stronghold of the family of former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan, who won from here in 2014, but lost to BJP’s Prataprao Patil Chikhalikar in 2019. Chavan is now a member of the BJP.

Beed

This seat was once a stronghold of BJP's Gopinath Munde, who died in an accident in 2014. His younger daughter Pritam Munde was elected from this seat in the subsequent by-election and again in 2019.