Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: Date, All you need to know

On Saturday the Election Commission announced that the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will be held on October 21 2019 Sunil Arora Chief Election Commissioner CEC also said that the counting of votes in both the states will be held on October 24 The fiveyear term of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly which consists of 288members will end on November 9 2019Notification for Maharashtra assembly election to be issued on September 27Last date of filing nomination October 4Scrutiny on October 5Last date of withdrawal Oct 7Polling on October 21 andCounting on October 24mdash Dharmendra Jore dharmendrajore September 21 2019According to the announcement by the Election Commission of India the last date for the filing of nominations is October 4 while the last date for the withdrawal of nominations is October 7 While speaking at the event Sunil Arora said that the random tally of EVMs will be done as was it done in the 2019 Lok Sabha ElectionsBesides announcing the assembly election dates the Chief Election Commissioner also spoke about the environmental concern that the election campaigns bring with them Regarding the same Arora said Election campaigns impose an environmental cost upon us We appeal to political parties to avoid the use of plastic and use only environmentfriendly material in their campaigns Arora also mentioned that the EC has brought down more than 5000 polling booths on the ground floor from the first or secondfloor level on the request of several political parties from MaharashtraAlso ReadAssembly polls in Maharashtra to be held on October 21While speaking at the event Arora also said that special security arrangements have been made for the LWE affected areas in Gadchiroli and Gondia in Maharashtra He said that the expenditure limit for the assembly election for both Maharashtra and Haryana will be Rs 28 lakhMaharashtra has 894 crore voters out of which 116 lakh are service voters CEC httpstcooOWdbC2ujvMaharashtraElections HaryanaElectionsmdash PIB in Maharashtra PIBMumbai September 21 2019Over nine crore voters will cast their vote during the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections The main parties who will be contesting the Maharashtra Assembly Elections areThe main parties contesting for the 288 Maharashtra Assembly seats elections are the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Shiv Sena Congress and the Nationalist Congress PartyThe official notification released by the Election Commission of India PicTwitter PIB MumbaiThe full schedule of the 2019 Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly ElectionsDetailsDateIssue of NotificationSeptember 27Last day for filing nominationOctober 4Scrutiny of NominationsOctober 5Withdrawal of nominationsOctober 7Date of pollingOctober 21Counting of votesOctober 24Sunil Arora Chief Election Commissioner while addressing the press conference PicTwitterECISVEEPLok Sabha Elections 2019In the recentlyconcluded 2019 Lok Sabha Elections the Bhartiya Janata Party BJP and the Shiv Sena together won 41 of the 48 seats in Maharashtra While the BJP secured 23 of the 25 seats it contested in the 2019 LS polls the Sena managed to gain victory over 18 of the 23 seats it foughtIn the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections the two saffron parties had fought the state Assembly polls independently following disagreement over seatsharing While the Sena won 63 seats the BJP emerged as the largest party with 122 seatsI welcome the onset of festival of democracy Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019 I urge each amp every citizen of Maharashtra for 100 participation and exercise your right amp duty both Every vote mattersYour VOTE gives strength to development httpstcodqzufWRPEC pictwittercom5vtts2nYkWmdash Devendra Fadnavis Dev_Fadnavis September 21 2019Devendra Fadnavis speaksEarlier in the day Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavissaid that the BJP and the Shiv Sena will contest the next the Assembly polls together He also exuded confidence that he will retain the post after the Assembly Elections are over As soon as the Assembly polls dates were announced by the Election Commission Fadnavis took to Twitter and urged all to cast their votes for the largest festival of democracy In his tweet Fadnavis said that people question govt and have expectations from the govt but only those who vote have the moral right to do so reports news agency ANINo of Assembly seats 228No of seats Sena won in 2014 63No of seats BJP won in 2014 122No of seats required for a majority in the Assembly 145Also ReadShiv Sena BJP start bickering over CMs post seatsharingWith inputs from agenciesCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates