Election Commission press conference
New Delhi: The dates of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections are going to be announced shortly. Here you will get information about the complete schedule. The Election Commission will release the schedule of both the states today, in which it will tell about the dates of nomination, withdrawal of names as well as the dates of polling and election results.
How many voters in Maharashtra and Jharkhand? Chief Election Commissioner told
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that there will be 9 crore 63 lakh voters in Maharashtra. There are 5 crore male voters here. Voting will take place at one lakh polling booths here. There will be around 960 voters at every booth in Maharashtra. Polling booths have been increased in Mumbai.
Rajiv told that there are 2 crore 60 lakh voters in Jharkhand. There are 1 crore 31 lakh male voters here and 1 crore 29 lakh female voters. Voting will be held at 29 thousand 562 booths in Jharkhand. There will be 881 voters at every booth in Jharkhand.
How many assembly seats in Maharashtra?
There are a total of 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, out of which 145 seats are required for majority. In the 2019 elections, BJP got 105 seats, Shiv Sena 56, NCP 54, Congress 44 and others 29 seats.
How many assembly seats in Jharkhand?
There are 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. In the last elections, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) had won 30 seats and BJP had won 25 seats, while 26 seats had gone to other parties. JMM had emerged as the largest party in the elections.
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