The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has released its first list of 65 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly elections. Aaditya Thackeray, former minister and son of Uddhav Thackeray, will contest from his current Worli constituency in central Mumbai.

Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly will take place in a single phase on 20 November, with results announced on 23 November.

Meanwhile, the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance - comprising Congress, NCP (SP), and Shiv Sena (UBT) - has announced plans for each member party to contest 85 seats. The alliance is still finalising its seat-sharing pact.

Full List Of Shiv Sena (UBT) Candidates For Maharashtra Polls

1. Chalisgaon - Umesh Patil

2. Pachora - Vaishali Suryavanshi

3. Mehkar - Siddharth Kharat

4. Balapur - Nitin Deshmukh

5. Akola East - Gopal Datkar

6. Washim - Siddharth Deole

7. Badnera - Sunil Kharate

8. Ramtek - Vishal Barbate

9. Wani - Sanjay Derkar

10. Loha - Eknath Pawar

11. Kalamnuri - Santosh Tarfe

12. Parbhani - Rahul Patil

13. Gangakhed - Vishal Kadam

14. Sillod - Suresh Bankar

15. Kannad - Udaysingh Rajput

16. Sambhajinagar Central - Kishanchand Tanwani

17. Sambhajinagar West - Raju Shinde

18. Vaijapur - Dinesh Pardeshi

19. Nandgaon - Ganesh Dhatrak

20. Malegaon Outer - Advay Hiray

21. Niphad - Anil Kadam

22. Nashik Central - Vasant Geete

23. Nashik West - Sudhakar Badgujar

24. Palghar - Jayendra Dubla

25. Boisar - Vishwas Valvi

26. Bhiwandi Rural - Mahadev Ghatak

27. Ambernath - Rajesh Wankhede

28. Dombivali - Dipesh Mhatre

29. Kalyan Rural - Subhash Bhoir

30. Ovala-Majiwada - Naresh Manera

31. Kopri-Pachpakhadi - Kedar Dighe

32. Thane - Rajan Vichare

33. Airoli - MK Madhavi

34. Magathane - Udesh Patekar

35. Vikhroli - Sunil Raut

36. Bhandup West - Ramesh Korgaonkar

37. Jogeshwari East - Anant Nar

38. Dindoshi - Sunil Prabhu

39. Goregaon - Samir Desai

40. Andheri East - Rutuja Latke

41. Chembur - Prakash Phaterpekar

42. Kurla - Pravina Morajkar

43. Kalina - Sanjay Potnis

44. Vandre East - Varun Sardesai

45. Mahim - Mahesh Sawant

46. Worli - Aditya Thackeray

47. Karjat - Nitin Sawant

48. Uran - Manohar Bhoir

49. Mahad - Snehal Jagtap

50. Nevasa - Shankarrao Gadakh

51. Georai - Badamrao Pandit

52. Dharashiv - Kailas Patil

53. Paranda - Rahul Patil

54. Barshi - Dilip Sopal

55. Solapur South - Amar Patil

56. Sangole - Dipak Salunkhe

57. Patan - Harshad Kadam

58. Dapoli - Sanjay Kadam

59. Guhagar - Bhaskar Jadhav

60. Ratnagiri - Surendranath Mane

61. Rajapur - Rajan Salvi

62. Kudal - Vaibhav Naik

63. Sawantwadi - Rajan Teli

64. Radhanagari - KP Patil

65. Shahuwadi - Satyajit Patil

66. Versova - Harun Khan

67. Ghatkopar West - Sanjay Bhalerao

68. Vileparle - Sandeep Naik

(This list will be updated as and when more candidates are announced)