Poonam Mahajan (Mumbai North-Central) and Gopal Shetty (Mumbai North) are among the BJP's dozen candidates who have made it a second time in the Lok Sabha contestants' list for the state. The party replaced sitting MPs in Latur and Ahmednagar.

Sujay Vikhe-Patil will fight from Ahmednagar replacing three-time MP Dilip Gandhi. In Latur, Sudhakar Shrungare has scored over sitting MP Sunil Gaikwad. Party heavyweight Nitin Gadkari will be a candidate from Nagpur while BJP state president Raosaheb Danve will contest from Jalna.