The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly election dates on November 13 and 20, respectively. The present Maharashtra Assembly ends on November 26 and Jharkhand’s ends on January 5, 2025.
The Maharashtra Assembly has 288 seats, while the Jharkhand Assembly has 81 seats. It will be a fight for power between the Mahayuti coalition (made up of the BJP, the Shiv Sena, and the Nationalist Congress Party) and the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance which includes the Congress, NCP-SP and the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) in Maharashtra.
As for the India’s eastern state Jharkhand, it will be a showdown between the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Polls will be held in two phases in Jharkhand, and counting will be held on November 23.
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Maharashtra MLAs Sworn In
Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, the Mahayuti alliance’s seven nominees have been sworn in as MLAs from the Governor’s quota. It includes three representatives from the BJP and two each from the Shiv Sena factions led by Eknath Shinde and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP faction.
The go-ahead was given by Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan late on Monday. This comes amid a political storm brewing in the state as the Maha Vikas Aghadi government wanted the nominees’ names to be canceled.
It should be noted that Maharashtra has yet to fill 12 seats in the upper house. This hasn’t been filled because of disagreement between the ruling allies.
