The Election Commission of India has announced the dates of assembly elections in Maharashtra. Voting will be held in a single phase in the state on November 20. Counting of votes will take place on November 23. With the announcement of elections, the discussion has intensified as to who will contest on how many seats in Mahayuti and Mahavikas Aghadi. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to contest 150 to 160 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. Sources said that
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BJP will contest elections on maximum seats, what will be Shinde-Pawar’s share?
According to information received from sources, BJP, which is part of the grand alliance, will contest the elections on the maximum number of seats. The ruling alliance includes the Bharatiya Janata Party, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s party Shiv Sena can contest on 85 seats and Ajit Pawar’s NCP can contest on 50 seats. The tenure of the current assembly ends on 26 November.
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How are the equations in MVA?
A statement has come out from Congress regarding seat sharing. Maharashtra Congress President Nana Patole said that the seat sharing meeting has not been completed yet. Maha Vikas Aghadi will contest elections on 288 seats. We are fully prepared for the elections. Encouraged by the results of Lok Sabha elections, Congress wants to become the big brother in the state. It is being said that Congress can contest elections on 110 seats. Shiv Sena’s Uddhav faction can get 100 seats. Sharad Pawar faction can contest elections on 70 seats.
single phase voting
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced this in a press conference today. With the announcement of the election schedule, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force in Maharashtra and Jharkhand, where voting will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20. 234 out of 288 seats in Maharashtra are of general category. There are a total of 9.63 crore voters in the state. 25 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 29 seats for Scheduled Castes (SC), CEC said in the press conference.
