BMC Elections 2017 list of candidates ward wise from Ward numbers 1 to 15

The BMC Elections 2017 is going to be an exciting one! A whopping number of candidates - more than two thousand - are going to contest the elections for 227 seats. Here's the first post on the candidates who are contesting in BMC Ward numbers one to twenty. Subsequent posts will have a list of the names of the candidates in the other Wards as well, so keep checking back here for updates.

Check this first: Areawise Mumbai Wards for BMC Civic polls 2017

Ward 1

• Shiv Sena: Tejasvini
• MNS: Jyoti B. Vadekar
• BJP: Suchi Yadav
• Congress: Sheetal A. Mhatre
• NCP: Sarita V Pandey
• Samajwadi Party: Qamrunissa Abdul Qureshi
• Bahujan Samaj Party: Lakshmi S.K.
• Independent candidates: Rekha R. Yada, Sangita R. Salve, Nisha C. Mishra, Kiran R. Chaudhary

Ward 2

• Shiv Sena: Bhalchandra Mhatre
• MNS: Shailesh K. Utekar
• BJP: Jagdish Ojha
• Congress: Bhawar J. Kumavat
• NCP: Girish J Sawant 
• Bahujan Samaj Party: Prasad S. Anugrah
• RPI: Surendra Tiwari
• Independent candidates: Mahesh Vakode, Dattaram Naik, Hemendra Ashar

Ward 3

• Shiv Sena: Balkrishna Bidar
• MNS: Ramesh N. Ambore
• BJP: Sagar Baleghare
• Congress: Abhaykumar R. Chaube
• NCP: Amernath K. Jha
• Samajwadi Party: Suryabali K. Yadav
• CPI: Dilip Waghmare

Ward 4

• Shiv Sena: Sujata Patekar
• MNS: Sidhdhida S. More
• BJP: Kamla Rajpurohit
• Congress: Darshana M. Sawant
• NCP: Mamta R Sharma
• Independent candidates: Shilpa Sawant, Sonal Gondane, Chanda Gawde

Ward 5

• Shiv Sena: Sanjay Ghadi
• MNS: Vimol S. Mayekar
• BJP: Motibhai Desai
• Congress: Umesh M. Sonsurkar

Ward 6

• Shiv Sena: Harshad P. Karkar
• MNS: Vasant Sahadev
• BJP: Nilaben K.R.
• Congress: Subhash B. Nahire

Ward 7

• Shiv Sena: Sheetal Mhatre
• MNS: Puja V. Bhoir
• BJP: Yogita Patil
• Congress: Bobby M. Verghase
• NCP: Krushnaji B. Rane
• Bahujan Samaj Party: Rama Chavan 

Ward 8

• Shiv Sena: Deepa Patil
• MNS: Ganesh L. Ghosalkar
• BJP: Haresh Chheda
• Congress: Laukik A. Sutrale
• NCP: R. l. Khan

Ward 9

• Shiv Sena: Sachin Mhatre
• MNS: Mahesh L. Nar
• BJP: Mohan Mithbavkar
• Congress: Shweta S. Korgaonkar

Ward 10

• Shiv Sena: Milind Mhatre
• MNS: Rajesh S. Nate
• BJP: Jitendra Patel
• Congress: Sandeep Mestry

Ward 11

• Shiv Sena: Riddhi Khursange
• MNS: Rajesh M. Kasar
• BJP: Prakash Darekar
• Congress: Ashok M. Yadav
• NCP: Krushnaji B. Rane   

Ward 12

• Shiv Sena: Gita Singhad
• MNS: Shivani J. Pwar
• BJP: Vikram Chogle
• Congress: Hemant B. Pandey
• NCP: Ajay Y. Desai

Ward 13

• Shiv Sena: Raja Kadam
• MNS: Vinod J. Solanki
• BJP: Vidyarthi Singh
• Congress: Vinay G Patil
• NCP: Tajjuddin B. Inamdar
• Samajwadi Party: Abdulwafa khan

Ward 14

• Shiv Sena: Bharti C. Kadam
• MNS: Nisha S. Gujar
• BJP: Ashavri Patil
• Congress: Rashmi Y. Mestry
• NCP: Shubhangi S. Nikam

Ward 15

• Shiv Sena: Paresh Soni
• MNS: Mahesh V. Bhoir
• BJP: Pravin Saha
• Congress: Mehul A. Gosalia

Note to readers: This is not a comprehensive list. There are candidates too of other parties and Independent candidates as well in some of the Wards. If you wish to add any names, then mention them in a comment below.