The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has nominated party chief Raj Thackeray's son Amit Thackeray from Mahim constituency in the Maharashtra Assembly election 2024

This will be Amit Thackeray's debut as a candidate in Maharashtra elections

The Raj Thackeray-led party has so far announced candidates for 45 constituencies in Mumbai, among others for Thane, MMR and other parts of Maharashtra

MNS spokesperson and former corporator Sandeep Deshpande will contest from Worli

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena will be contesting in November 20 polls without being part of any alliance though it had supported Mahayuti in the Lok Sabha elections 2024

The Mahayuti and the MVA alliances are yet to declare their seat-sharing formulas as talks continue between the alliance parties

In 2009, its first solo run had given MNS 13 MLAs. In the outgoing House, the MNS has just one legislator. Raj Thackeray wishes to increase the number of elected representatives to be one of the stakeholders in the game of thrones

In Mahim, the MNS had a legislator in 2009 and finished runner-up in the following two elections against undivided Sena’s nominee Sada Sarvankar, who shifted his loyalty to Shiv Sena (Shinde) after the party split in 2022

The Maharashtra Assembly polls will be held in a single phase and voting will take place on November 20, while the counting will held three days later and the results will be announced on November 23