Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Congress Names Three Candidates for Maharashtra Legislative Council Seats
The Congress party has chosen three people to run in Maharashtra’s Legislative Council elections.
Aditi Pohare is a new candidate for the Amravati Teachers’ seat.
Abhijit Wanjari will run again for the Nagpur Graduates’ seat.
Jayant Dinkar Asagaonkar will run again for the Pune Teachers’ seat.
The election covers five seats in all.
Voting is scheduled for October 23.
Candidates must file their papers by October 6, and they can withdraw by October 9.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance has said its parties will contest together.
Congress named candidates for three Maharashtra Legislative Council constituencies on October 3.
Newcomer Aditi Pohare will contest the Amravati Teachers’ constituency.
Sitting members Abhijit Wanjari and Jayant Dinkar Asagaonkar were renominated for the Nagpur Graduates’ and Pune Teachers’ seats, respectively.
Polling for five seats—three Graduates’ and two Teachers’ constituencies—is scheduled for October 23.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance said it would contest jointly; nominations close October 6 and withdrawals October 9.
- Who
- Congress candidates Aditi Pohare, Abhijit Wanjari and Jayant Dinkar Asagaonkar.
- What
- Congress announced candidates for three constituencies in the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections.
- When
- The announcement was made October 3; polling is scheduled for October 23.
- Where
- Maharashtra: the Amravati Teachers’, Nagpur Division Graduates’ and Pune Division Teachers’ constituencies.
- Why
- The candidates will contest the upcoming Legislative Council elections.
- Congress constituencies
- Three
- Total seats in the election
- Five: three Graduates’ and two Teachers’ constituencies
- Amravati Teachers’ candidate
- Aditi Pohare
- Nagpur Division Graduates’ candidate
- Abhijit Wanjari
- Pune Division Teachers’ candidate
- Jayant Dinkar Asagaonkar
- Polling date
- October 23
- Nomination deadlines
- Filing: October 6; withdrawal: October 9
- Maha Vikas Aghadi parties
- Congress, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) and Shiv Sena (UBT); the alliance announced plans to contest jointly.
