Including Kamble and Bagwe, as many as 20 candidates are in the fray from the Pune Cantonment seat.
Here’s the complete list:
| Candidate Names | Party |
| Sunil Kamble | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| Ramesh Bagwe | Congress |
| Mahesh Jagtap | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) |
| Alhat Suresh | Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi |
| Chayatai Jadhav | Bahujan Republican Socialist Party |
| Bhimrao Kamble | Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) |
| Yashwant Nadgam | Maharashtra Swarajya Party |
| Yuvraj Bansode | Republican Sena |
| Amol Tujare | Independent |
| Dilip Kambale | Independent |
| Ganesh Shendge | Independent |
| Gangaram Gaikwad | Independent |
| Bansi Yadav | Independent |
| Dr Balasaheb Pol | Independent |
| Bhagale Sidram | Independent |
| Rajabhau Bhosale | Independent |
| Ramesh Pokharnikar | Independent |
| Rakesh Walmiki | Independent |
| Lakhn Jawale | Independent |
| Vikram Pralhad | Independent |
Bagwe first bagged the Pune Cantonment seat in 2009 when it was a Congress stronghold. However, he was defeated the following two times by Dilip Kamble in 2014, and then his brother Sunil Kamble in 2019.
During the 2019 Assembly election in Maharashtra, BJP’s Kamble defeated Congress candidate Bagwe by 5,012 votes.
| Candidate Names | Party | Votes |
| Sunl Kamble | BJP | 52,160 (41.21%) |
| Ramesh Bagwe | Congress | 47,148 (37.25%) |
| NOTA | – | 2,388 (1.89%) |
In the campaigning for the 2024 elections, Bagwe criticised the incumbent administration over “lack of civic amenities” in the region and promised to bring changes and help improve the quality of life to the residents.
Sunil Kamble, on the other hand, has reportedly promised to set up a cancer hospital, besides free dispensaries, completion of the Lahuji Vastad memorial as well as economic empowerment of women in the region.
This time, Kamble is backed by the ruling Mahayuti that comprises BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
In Maharashtra, polling for the 2024 Assembly election was conducted in a single phase on Wednesday, November 20, covering all 288 seats, including Pune Cantonment. The result is likely to be declared on November 23.
