Amid parties accusing rivals of promoting dynastic politics, the Maharashtra assembly election scheduled on November 20 will see brothers, cousins and father-children in the fray, with members of the same family taking on each other in some seats.

In one constituency, the battle is between husband and wife, while in another seat has an uncle and nephew pitted against each other.

In the high stakes battle of Pawars, debutant Yugendra Pawar, the candidate of the Nationalist Congress Party (SP) (NCP-SP) led by Sharad Pawar, will take on his

uncle and Ajit Pawar, representing the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), in the Baramati seat. Ajit Pawar, the deputy chief minister of the state, has won the Baramati Assembly seat seven times and has also bagged the Baramati Parliamentary

seat once.

This is the second time that Baramati, the bastion of Pawars, will see a contest within the family. In the 2024 General Election, Sunetra Pawar, the deputy CM's wife, was defeated by his cousin and NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule in the Baramati Parliamentary seat.

In the neighbouring Karjat-Jamkhed seat, Rohit Pawar, another nephew of the deputy CM is in the fray as the NCP (SP) candidate against Ram Shinde of the BJP. Rohit Pawar is the grand-nephew of Sharad Pawar.

In the Kannad constituency's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar seat, independent candidate Harshwardhan Jadhav is pitted against his estranged wife and Shiv Sena candidate Sanjana Jadhav, the daughter of BJP leader and former Union minister Raosaheb Danve.

Sanjana Jadhav's brother, Santosh Danve, is contesting from Bhokardan in Jalna as the BJP candidate.

Amit Deshmukh and Dhiraj Deshmukh, Congress candidates and sons of former state chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, are in the poll race from Latur City and the ajoining Latur Rural seats, respectively.

Similarly, Nitesh Rane and Nilesh Rane, sons of BJP MP and former Maharashtra chief minister Narayan Rane, are in the fray from Kudal and Kankavli constituencies as nominees for the Shiv Sena and the BJP, respectively.

In Mumbai, the Thackeray cousins are in the fray from different seats. While sitting Shiv Sena (UBT) sitting MLA, Aaditya Thackeray, is re-contesting from Worli, his maternal cousin Varun Sardesai is contesting from Vandre (Bandra) East Assembly seat on the party's ticket.

Aaditya's cousin, Amit Thackeray, son of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) head Raj Thackeray, is contesting from neighbouring Mahim seat in Mumbai.

Former Maharashtra minister Ganesh Naik is contesting from Airoli seat as a BJP candidate, while his son Sandeep is in the fray from the neighbouring Belapur constituency as NCP (SP) candidate.

Similarly, Vijaykumar Gavit, Maharashtra minister and his daughter Heena Gavit, a former MP are also in the poll race. While senior Gavit is contesting as the BJP candidate from Nandurbar seat, his daughter is in the fray from neighbouring Akkalkuwa constituency as an independent.

In Islampur, Jayant Patil, NCP (SP) state chief, is in the fray, while his nephew and former Maharashtra minister, Prajakt Tanpure, is contesting from Rahuri on the party's ticket.

NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal is contesting from Yevala, while his nephew and former MP Sameer Bhujbal is in the fray from Nandgaon seat as an independent.

Ashish Shelar, BJP's Mumbai president, is in the fray

from Mumbai's Vandre (Bandra) West, a constituency known to be the home of several Bollywood personalities, while his brother and party candidate Vinod Shelar is contesting from Malad West.

BJP's Santukrao Hambarde is contesting the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll, while his brother and sitting MLA Mohanrao Hambarde is contesting the Assembly polls from Nanded South Assembly seat as a Congress candidate. The Nanded Lok Sabha byelection, necessitated due to the death of sitting Congress MP Vasantrao Chavan, is also scheduled on November 20.