Maharashtra Assembly Elections date announced!
The Election Commission of India announced the dates for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly Elections on Tuesday.
Maharashtra will cast its vote in a single phase on November 20. Jharkhand on the other hand will have its voting in two phases- on November 13 and November 20. The counting of votes for both states will take place on November 23.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted a press conference on November 15. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made the announced it. In the conference, ECI declared the poll schedule along with the declaration of the ‘Model Code of Conduct’ that has come into force in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Schedule for Maharashtra assembly elections:
|
Date |
Poll events |
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October 22 |
Date of issue of gazette notification |
|
October 29 |
Last date of making notifications |
|
October 30 |
Date of scrutiny of nominations |
|
November 4 |
Last date of withdrawal of candidature |
|
November 20 |
Date of poll |
|
November 23 |
Date of counting |
|
November 25 |
Date before which election shall be completed |
The total no. of voters for Maharashtra is 9.63 Crore with 1,00,186 polling stations. For Jharkhand, it is 2.6 Crore voters and 29, 562 polling stations.
