Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The campaign concluded on Monday for the Maharashtra assembly elections, the second phase of the Jharkhand assembly polls, and 15 assembly bypolls, with voting scheduled for November 20.
Maharashtra is a state of striking contrasts, with issues animating Mumbai-Pune industrial belt a world apart from the agrarian challenges confronting the eastern parts of the state. Vidarbha, with 20 percent of the population, often determines the political tide. A granular analysis of the region shows why Maharashtra’s poll story is not about one grand narrative. Instead, it’s about 288 elections
According to observers, scarcity of basic amenities, shortage of housing, slum redevelopment curbs due to CRZ, especially in congested areas like Khar Danda that is home to slums and fisherfolk settlements, are issues facing the electorate.
Part of the Raver Lok Sabha constituency, Muktainagar is grouped with five other assembly segments: Chopda, Raver, Bhusawal, Jamner, and Malkapur.
Constituency number 261, Patan was established in 1951 and is currently represented by Shambhuraj Desai.
The Karad South Assembly constituency is set to see a tight contest between two traditional rivals -- former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan of the Congress and Atul Bhosale of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Both parties published hard-hitting newspaper ads targetting each other on the final day of campaigning.
Sangli Election 2024: In 2019, the Sangli seat was won by BJP candidate Sudhir Dada Gadgil with a margin of 6,939 votes. The constituency witnessed a turnout of 58 % in the last assembly elections.
In the Pune Cantonment assembly constituency, the fight will be between sitting MLA Sunil Kamble of the BJP against Ramesh Bagwe of Congress.
The PIL had urged the HC to direct the ECI and the State Election Commission to allow voters to carry phones and to show their identity proof through the DigiLocker app introduced by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.
Amravati Assembly constituency is among the 288 seats up for grabs in the Maharashtra elections 2024. Voting in Amravati will be held on Nov 20 and the result will be declared on Nov 23.
The constituency will have 311 polling stations, with over 1 lakh polling stations set up across the state for the 2024 elections, according to the State Chief Election Commissioner.
It is going to be a Pawar vs Pawar battle as NCP's incumbent Aditi Tatkare will be pitted against NCP (SP)'s Anil Dattaram Navgane. Third candidate is Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's Faizal Abdul Ajij Popere
Over the years, Uddhav has carved out a distinct identity, navigating challenges that have tested his resilience and vision.
The Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly seat, seen as a stronghold of CM Eknath Shinde, faces concerns around the rapidly-vanishing manufacturing units even as the government lays down a red carpet for the IT industry.
Nawab Malik's daughter Sana is up against 30-year-old Fahad Ahmad, who hit headlines following his marriage to actress Swara Bhasker.
Maharashtra Elections 2024 Highlights Today (November 18): Voting for the 288 assembly seats will take place on November 20, with results to be declared on November 23.
Lok Sabha results in the state dealt a blow to BJP. Not much has changed on the ground since. Economic and agrarian issues are consequential in the election and unlike Haryana it’s harder to consolidate OBCs in to single social bloc as there too many claimants for their support
The Rishod assembly constituency has been a Congress bastion, with the grand old party emerging victorious in all three Maharashtra elections - 2009, 2014 and 2019.
In the 2019 Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Nitesh Narayan Rane won the Kankavli seat with a margin of 28116 votes.
If voted to power, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will scrap the MoU signed between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and MMRDA as it is aimed at diminishing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's importance, he said
Bhosari, historically known as Bhojpur, is a suburb of Pune city and a part of the Shirur Lok Sabha constituency.
Hasan Miyalal Mushrif of the NCP has been winning the seat since 1999
Sangli Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 Latest Updates: The 2019 poll data shows that BJP’s Gadgil secured victory by polling 93,636 votes with a vote share of 49.63%, defeating Congress’ Patil, who garnered 86,697 votes with a 45.95% vote share.
Congress complaint highlighted the BJP’s failure to take down a previous video, despite party's earlier complaint, which led to a case being registered under the EC’s directives