Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded three women candidates: Manisha Chaudhary (Borivli); Vidya Thakur (Goregaon); Bharati Lavekar (Versova), all sitting MLAs from the Western Suburbs
Congress fielded three women, with Varsha Gaikwad, daughter of former MP Eknath Gaikwad, winning her seat. This year, Varsha Gaikwad was elected as MP from the North Central constituency, and now her sister, Dr Jyoti Gaikwad, is Congress's sole woman candidate. Contesting from Dharavi, Jyoti recently reverted to her maiden name, Gaikwad, from Girigosavi
Shiv Sena is fielding four women candidates, Yamini Jadhav (Byculla); Manisha Waikar (Jogeshwari East); Suvarna Karanje (Vikhroli); Shaina N C (Mumbadevi). Yamini Jadhav from Byculla, who won the last election; her husband, Yashwant Jadhav, is a prominent Shiv Sena figure. The party has also nominated Manisha Waikar, wife of parliamentarian Ravindra Waikar
Shiv Sena (UBT) has fielded three women, including Rutuja Latke, the widow of Ramesh Latke. Ramesh was elected from Andheri East in 2019. After his passing, Rutuja won the 2022 bypoll. Pravina Morajkar (Kurla) and Shraddha Jadhav (Wadala), both former Mumbai corporators, are also contesting
The Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar faction) has given a ticket to Sana Malik, daughter of Nawab Malik, the Mumbai president of the Nationalist Congress Party
MNS has granted a last-minute entry to Trupti Sawant, wife of the late Bala Sawant, a former MLA from Bandra East. Trupti won the 2015 by-election on a Shiv Sena ticket, defeating former Chief Minister Narayan Rane. She ran as an independent in 2019 and lost against then-Congress leader Zeeshan Siddique, who is now with the NCP (Ajit Pawar) and the party also gave the ticket to Snehal Jadhav (Wadala)
The NCP-SP has fielded Sangeeta Vaje (Mulund); Rakhee Jadhav (Ghatkopar East) for the upcoming elections. Rakhee Jadhav, is a three-term corporator from Ghatkopar
In 2019, a total of 11 women contested, with five winning seats. All of them, except Varsha Gaikwad, who is now an MP, are contesting again in 2024
Earlier this year, an unprecedented 17 of Maharashtra’s 48 Lok Sabha constituencies witnessed electoral battles involving women candidates. Seven women candidates, including NCP-SP’s Supriya Sule, emerged victorious
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