A constituency-hopping Sena veteran will take on a debuting dynast in coastal Shrivardhan. Sena's Vinod Ghosalkar, 62, lost from Mangaon in 1995, before winning Dahisar in 2009, and losing it again in 2014. Now, he will fight from Shrivardhan against NCP heavyweight Sunil Tatkare's daughter Aditi, 31. Though Aditi, a zilla parishad member, is making her state electoral debut from the maligned NCP, Ghosalkar is not taking her lightly.

Aditi has the experience of managing her heavyweight father's campaign over the last two terms. Strengthening Aditi's corner will be Tatkare Sr himself, who defied the Modi wave to win the Raigad parliamentary seat in May. "Aditi is like your family member," he says in small intimate meetings with voters in the interiors. "When a family member is contesting, I am sure everyone will work to ensure her smooth sailing into the corridors of the Assembly."