With as many as 49 candidates withdrawing their candidature for the five Legislative Council seats from Teachers' and Graduates' constituencies, the election scene in Maharashtra has become clear.<br />'' <br />''For Nagpur Graduates' seat, BJP's Sandeep Joshi, Congress' Abhijeet Vanjari are in the fray with 7 others.<br />'' <br />''For the Amravati Teachers' seat, 29 candidates are in the fray while the battle will clearly be between BJP's Nitin Ghande and Shiv Sena's Srikant Deshpande.<br />'' <br />''For the Pune Graduates seat, 62 candidates will battle it out, with prominent candidates being BJP's Sangram Deshmukh and NCP's Arun Lad; while for Pune Teachers's constituency, 35 candidates, including Congress' Jayant Asgaonkar and BJP's Jitendra Pawar will be in fray.<br />'' <br />''As for Aurangabad Graduates constituency, 35 contenders, including BJP's Shirish Borarkar and NCP's Satish Chavan will battle it out.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Elections to these seats were due since July but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Election Commission has said that polls will now be held on 1st of December while counting will be done on 3rd of December, ensuring proper COVID-19 protocol in this regard.</span><br />