1 / 9The 2024 Assembly election in Maharashtra witnessed sons, daughters, nephews and cousins of political heavyweights vying for power. And in some seats, the members of the same family faced each other. Even as political parties accuse each other of promoting dynastic politics, most of them fielded candidates, who were the relatives of prominent leaders. Here’s taking a look at some of the kin and relatives of veteran leaders who secured victories in the Maharashtra election 2024. (Image PTI)
2 / 91. Aaditya Thackeray: Aaditya Thackeray, the son of former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, has secured a second consecutive term from the Worli seat in Mumbai, defeating Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena candidate Milind Deora by 8,801 votes. (Image: PTI)
3 / 92. Varun Sardesai: Despite the humiliating defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) against the ruling Mahayuti, Uddhav Thackeray’s nephew Varun Sardesai has defeated Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Zeeshan Siddique, the son of late politician Baba Siddique, from the Vandre East seat in Mumbai by a margin of over 11,000 votes. (Image: Instagram)
4 / 93. Rohit Pawar: Rohit Pawar, the grandson of veteran leader Sharad Pawar, is entering the Maharashtra Assembly on an NCP-SP ticket from Karjat Jamkhed. As per the latest trends, Rohit Pawar defeated BJP’s Ram Shankar Shinde with a margin of 1,243 votes. He secured a total of 1,27,676 votes. (Image: Instagram)
5 / 94. Amit Deshmukh: Congress leader Amit Deshmukh, who has held the Latur City seat since 2009, maintained his stronghold this time as well. The son of former chief minister, late Vilasrao Deshmukh, is currently ahead of BJP’s Archana Patil Chakurkar by 2,457 votes. (Image: Facebook)
6 / 95. Sreejaya Chavan: The daughter of ex-chief minister Ashok Chavan won the Bhokar assembly seat, as per the latest poll data. The BJP leader defeated Congress’ Tirupati Kondhekar by a margin of 50,551 votes. She secured a total of 1,33,187 votes. (Image: Instagram)
7 / 96. Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar: Grandson of Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar was fielded by the BJP from Nilanga seat. He defeated Congress’ Abhay Satish Salunke by 13,740 votes. (Image: Facebook)
8 / 97. Nitesh Rane: Nitesh Rane represented the BJP from the Kankavli seat and defeated Congress’ Sandesh Parkar by 58,007 votes. He is the son of former chief minister Narayan Rane. (Image: Facebook)
9 / 98. Nilesh Rane: Another son of Narayan Rane, Nilesh has secured a victory from the Kudal seat on a Shiv Sena ticket. He defeated Vijay Naik of Shiv Sena (UBT) by 8,176 votes. (Image: X)
