A total of 264 candidates are in the fray for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Maharashtra after 37 contestants withdrew their nominations, an official said on Monday, reported the PTI.

These comprise 18 in Dhule, 10 in Dindori, 31 in Nashik, 10 in Palghar, 27 in Bhiwandi, 28 in Kalyan, 24 in Thane, 19 in Mumbai North, 21 in Mumbai North West, 20 in Mumbai North East, 27 in Mumbai North Central, 15 in Mumbai South Central and 14 in Mumbai South.

These 13 seats will go to polls on May 20. 

Prominent candidates in the fifth phase include Union minister Piyush Goyal, lawyer Ujjwal Nikam, both of the BJP, and Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad.

Meanwhile, the polling for 11 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra will be held on Tuesday, the spotlight being on the high-stakes battle in Baramati, where Sharad Pawar`s daughter Supriya Sule is pitted against Sunetra Pawar, wife of the veteran leader`s estranged nephew and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar, as per the PTI.

Polling will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm at the 23,036 polling centres, set up for the third phase of the general elections, an official said.

The seats where polling will take place on May 7 are Baramati, Raigad, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hatkanangale.

Prominent contestants also include royal scions Shahu Chhatrapati of the Congress in Kolhapur and BJP`s Udayanraje Bhosale in Satara as well Union minister Narayan Rane in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.

Altogether 2.09 crore persons are eligible to vote for 258 candidates in the third phase, for which 23,036 polling centres have been set up, the official said. There are 1,07,64,741 male voters, 1,02,26,946 female voters and 929 from the third gender in the third phase, he said.

In the fourth phase on May 13, a total of 2.28 crore voters will decide the fate of 298 candidates in 11 seats, namely Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi and Beed Lok Sabha constituencies.

Prominent candidates in the fourth phase include minister of state for railways Raosaheb Danve in Jalna and BJP`s Pankaja Munde in Beed.

(with PTI inputs)

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