Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) nominated former Union ministers Anant Geete and Arvind Sawant for Raigad and South Mumbai constituencies respectively in the first list of 16 candidates released on Wednesday.
The party also fielded Rajan Vichare from Thane, Amol Kirtikar from Mumbai North-West, and Sanjay Patil from Mumbai North-East.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led party is a constituent of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) in the state.
Another MVA constituent, NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) is yet to officially declare its candidates in the state for the April-May Lok Sabha polls. On the other hand, the Congress, which is also a part of the state-level grouping of the opposition parties, has declared its candidates on some seats where there is no tussle with its alliance partners.
Maharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after Uttar Pradesh (80), will vote in five phases starting from April 19.
PTI with edits