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Campaigning for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand ended on Sunday evening. On the last day of the election campaign, the leaders of political parties gave their full strength. Rallies and public meetings continued from Ranchi to Mumbai. Voting will be held on 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra in a single phase on November 20. Voting for 38 seats in the second phase in Jharkhand will be held on November 20, while the results will be declared on November 23.
Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra faces the challenge of saving the government
The challenge before the Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra is to save the government. This alliance includes BJP, Shinde faction’s Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP. The main competition of Mahayuti is with the opposition Mahavikas Aghadi alliance. Along with Congress, Sharad Pawar’s NCP and Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena are also included in the Aghadi. Apart from this, many small parties and alliance partners are also in the fray, whose litmus test will be on 20th November.
If we talk about the seat sharing formula of Mahayuti in Maharashtra, BJP has the maximum seats.
Talking about the seat sharing formula of Mahayuti in Maharashtra, BJP has the maximum number of seats. Out of 288 seats in the state, BJP alone is contesting on 148 seats. At the same time, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s party Shiv Sena is contesting on 80 seats and Ajit Pawar’s party NCP is contesting on 52 seats. The remaining seats have been given to the allies included in the grand alliance. This time a total of 4 thousand 136 candidates are in the fray in Maharashtra elections.
This time 100186 polling stations have been set up in Maharashtra.
The number of registered voters increased from 8,94,46,211 to 9,63,69,410 in 2019. This time there will be 1,00,186 polling stations in Maharashtra, whereas there were 96,654 polling stations in the 2019 assembly elections. Due to increase in the number of voters, the number of polling stations has also been increased. About six lakh employees of the state government will be deployed on election duty.
Election campaign has stopped on 38 seats of Jharkhand
On the other hand, the political fight in Jharkhand has also become quite interesting. The second phase of voting in the state will be held on November 20 for 38 seats. Most of these seats are from tribal areas. The fate of many big leaders is at stake in the second phase of elections. A total of 528 candidates are in the fray in this round.
Campaigning for by-elections on 9 seats of UP has also ended.
The campaign for the by-elections to be held on 9 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh has also stopped. The main contest in the by-election is between BJP, Samajwadi Party and BSP. On behalf of BJP, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself was taking charge of the election campaign. The 9 seats of UP where by-elections are being held include Katehari, Karahal, Meerapur, Ghaziabad, Majhwan, Sisamau, Kher, Phulpur and Kundarki.