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The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced that the Maharashtra Assembly elections will be held on November 20 and the results will be declared on November 23.
The Maharashtra Assembly, the lower house of the state's bicameral parliament, consists of 288 members elected from single-member constituencies. The current political landscape is dominated by two main alliances – the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), which includes the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray's party), the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Sharad Pawar, and the Indian National Congress; and the Mahayuti alliance, comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena party and the Ajit Pawar faction of the NCP.
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“Of the 288 seats in Maharashtra, 234 are in the general category. The state has a total of 96.3 million voters. 25 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 29 for Scheduled Castes (SC),” said Rajeev Kumar, Election Commissioner.
The total number of voters in Maharashtra is 96.3 million.
Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Full Schedule
Notice to the Gazeta Publication date: October 22
Deadline for submitting nominations: October 29
Nomination screening date: October 30
Deadline for withdrawal of candidacy: November 4
Survey date: November 20
Vote counting date: November 23
Election end date: November 25
Current MP
The current party was elected in October 2019. The BJP emerged as the dominant party with 105 seats while the Shiv Sena won 56 seats. However, political unrest began when the Uddhav Thackeray government was formed under the MVA alliance due to disagreements with the BJP over power-sharing agreements. Currently, in Maharashtra, Eknath Shinde heads a coalition government that has a total of 205 MLAs.
There are currently 15 vacancies in the Assembly, which may change due to upcoming elections scheduled later this year.
Principal Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
-Eknath Shinde: Shiv Sena chief minister (Party Shinde)
– Devendra Fadnavis: Deputy Chief Minister (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Latest events
Seven new Members of the Legislative Council (MLC) took oath hours before the Election Commission announced the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections to be held on October 15, 2024. The Assembly elections are expected to be held in the second week of November as the term of the current Assembly Maharashtra ends on November 26 and the electoral process must end before then.
Rise of Eknath Shinde in Maharashtra politics
In June 2022, Eknath Shinde and a group of MLAs rebelled against Uddhav Thackeray, marking a turning point in Maharashtra politics. Shinde expressed dissatisfaction with the MVA alliance. Later on June 21, he and some MLAs left for Surat and later Guwahati, claiming that the MVA was against the founding principles of the Shiv Sena.
The political conflict escalated when Thackeray's party stated that it planned to disqualify Shinde and his supporters for disobeying the party's orders. However, Shinde's group successfully petitioned the Governor to conduct a floor test, resulting in Thackeray resigning on June 29, 2022 without taking a vote.
Subsequently, with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister, recognizing his party as the rightful Shiv Sena.
Maha Bikash Aghadi Jot
After Monday's meeting, Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole stated that there is no dispute over seat sharing between the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) partners and that the alliance will contest on 288 seats.
On Sunday, the opposition MVA unveiled a document titled 'Gadaranch Panchanama' (Record of Traitors), in which it criticizes the Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra government, accusing it of betraying the state's interests in favor of Gujarat.
2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections
In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a majority. However, the coalition fell apart due to disagreements over the formation of a government. Presidential rule was imposed because no party could form a government. Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as the chief minister on November 23, 2019, and Ajit Pawar became the deputy chief minister.
However, both leaders resigned on November 26, 2019, ahead of the November 28 primary test. This paved the way for the formation of a new alliance, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), with Uddhav Thackeray as its chief minister.
On June 29, 2022, Uddhav Thackeray resigned as chief minister following a split in the Shiv Sena, which saw a group of MLAs led by Eknath Shinde break away and join the BJP. As a result, Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the chief minister and Devendra Fadnavis took over as deputy prime minister.
