The fate of 264 candidates will be decided on 13 seats?

Voting is taking place on 13 seats in maharashtra on monday in the fifth phase of lok sabha elections. Before this, voting has taken place on 35 out of 48 seats in four phases. 264 candidates are in the fray for 13 lok sabha seats. There are 6 constituencies of Mumbai, 3 of thane, 1 of Palghar, 2 of Nashik and 1 of Dhule.

How many candidates are in the fray for which seat?

• A total of 18 candidates are in the fray for Dhule lok sabha seat. From 2009 to 2019, this area has been a stronghold of BJP. subhash bhamre has been elected mp from here twice. This time also bjp has given ticket to Subhash Bhamre. Shobha Bachhav from congress is contesting against him.

• A total of 10 candidates are in the fray from Dindori seat. bjp has been in control of this constituency since 2009. In 2019, Dr. Bharti Pawar had won from here, who also became the minister of State for health at the Centre. This time again Bharti Pawar is contesting the elections on bjp ticket. bhaskar Bhagre from ncp (Sharad Pawar) is contesting against him.

• This time a total of 31 candidates are in the fray for Nashik seat. hemant Godse from shiv sena has won from here since 2014. This time hemant Godse is in the fray from Shinde's Shiv Sena. Rajabhau Waje is in the fray from shiv sena UBT. Independent candidate Swami Shantigiri Maharaj is also in the fray.

• 10 candidates are in the fray from Palghar. Bharti Kamdi from Shiv Sena's UBT, hemant vishnu Savra from bjp, Rajesh Patil from Bahujan Vikas Aghadi and Vijaya Mhatre from Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi are in the fray.

• A total of 27 candidates are contesting from Bhiwandi. Kapil Patil is the third time candidate from bjp, who is the Union minister of State. suresh Mhatre Balu Mama is contesting against him from Sharad Pawar's NCP. Independent Nilesh Sambre is also in the fray.

• A total of 28 candidates are in the fray from Kalyan. Eknath Shinde's son Shrikant Shinde is in the fray from shiv sena Shinde. The main fight against him is between Vaishali Rane Darekar from shiv sena UBT.

• A total of 24 candidates are contesting from Thane. Former thane city mayor naresh Mhaske is in the fray from Shinde's shiv sena, while Rajan Vichare is from Shiv Sena's UBT.