Voting is due in 13 constituencies Dhule, Dindori, Nashik, Kalyan, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai NorthEast, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central, Mumbai South. As many as 264 candidates from different parties are in the fray. There are 2,46,69,544 voters (male: 31,38,526, female: 1,15,28,278 and third gender: 2,740.
In Mumbai, of the six seats, the BJP and Shiv Sena represent three each. The BJP has struggled to retain Dhule, Dindori, Kalyan, Palghar, Bhiwandi and three from Mumbai.
The fifth phase is the real test of Uddhav's leadership because a majority of the seats are located in Mumbai Metropolitan Region where Thackeray and Shinde are vying to retain their base to emerge.
Shinde has a bigger challenge to retain its bastion Kalyan where his son Dr Shrikant Shinde is contesting while his close aide Naresh Mhaske is contesting from Thane, Shinde's home town. Shinde struggled to get a good candidate in Mumbai and in the end, he nominated controversial Yamini Jadhav for South Mumbai and Ravindra Waikar from Mumbai North West. Both Jadhav and Waikar are under the scanner of Central agencies and switched sides from the Uddhav camp to the Shinde-led Sena ahead of elections.
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