Mumbai, Oct. 4 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced three candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council elections from the Graduates' and Teachers' constituencies, where polling for five seats is scheduled to be held on October 23.

The BJP has fielded Smita Jadhav from the Pune Division Graduates' constituency, Sudhakar Kohle from the Nagpur Division Graduates' constituency and Kaustubh Gawde from the Pune Division Teachers' constituency.

The biennial elections are being held for five Legislative Council seats whose sitting members are due to retire on December 6, 2026. The constituencies going to polls include three Graduates' seats from Aurangabad (Sambhaji Nagar), Pune and Nagpur divisions, and two Te...