The dates of parliamentary elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand have been announced. Voting will be held in Maharashtra in a single phase on November 20. While in Jharkhand, voting will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20. The results of the elections in the two states will be known on November 23.
The term of Maharashtra Assembly ends on November 26 and that of Jharkhand on January 5, 2025. The Election Commission also announced the dates of by-elections for 48 assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats in 14 states in a press conference at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
Voting for Lok Sabha seats will be held in Wayanad, Kerala, on November 13 and in Nanded, Maharashtra, on November 20. At the same time, voting will be held on 47 assembly seats on November 13 and in Uttarakhand’s Kedarnath assembly seat on November 20. All results will arrive on November 23.
The term of the Maharashtra Assembly ends on November 26, while that of the Jharkhand Assembly ends on January 5, 2025.
1.85 crore voters aged 20-29 in Maharashtra
Voting for the first time in Jharkhand 11.84 lakh
Chief Election Commissioner read poetry twice
On the elections in Kashmir: Your participation in the celebration of democracy, the world will see the story of the defeat of nefarious intentions.On EVM complaints: People will say something, it’s people’s job to say something
EC responded with facts about EVM and explained the process
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, “People are asking that in some countries, if they blast them with pagers, why can’t EVMs be hacked? The pager is connected brother, not EVM. EVM verification begins 6 months in advance. Go to the poll, bring it back after the vote. Political party agents or candidates are present on each stage. The battery is inserted on the day of commissioning. Commissioning takes place 5 to 6 days before the vote. On this day, symbols are inserted and batteries are inserted. The agent’s signature is also placed on the battery. Go to the vault, here too there is a 3-level control. The same process will happen the day you go to vote. There will be videography. The numbers will also be shared, this machine will go to the booth here. Then there will be a check, the votes will be cast and seen. The vote took place all day. Then the machine locks. Then the signing and accounting takes place. 20 complaints were received. We will give factual answers to each question. I will give soon. Something will come next too, it won’t stop.
Maharashtra’s political equation
BJP reduced to 23-9 in Lok Sabha elections, Maratha reservation biggest challenge
In Maharashtra, there is a Mahayuti government, namely Shiv Sena faction, BJP and NCP Ajit Pawar. The mandate fight and vote distribution among six major parties will pose a major challenge for the Sadhna party.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, out of 48 seats in Maharashtra, the INDIA alliance got 30 seats and NDA 17 seats. Among them, BJP got 9, Shiv Sena 7 and NCP got only one seat. The BJP lost 23 seats. The NDA had secured 41 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In 2014, that figure was 42. That means less than half.
According to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP will be reduced to around 60 seats. In a survey of the opposition alliance, MVA, i.e. Mahavikas Aghadi, is said to have secured 160 seats out of 288 in the state. The Maratha movement poses the biggest challenge to the BJP. Apart from this, people have sympathy for Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar after the sabotage of Shiv Sena and NCP.
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019 Equation
Imposed code of conduct- September 21, 2019 Vote- October 21, 2019 round- Bachelor Vote percentage- 61.4%
There was the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance in 2019. The BJP won 105 seats and Shiv Sena 56 seats. From the alliance, the NCP got 54 seats and the Congress 44 seats. The BJP-Shiv Sena would have easily swept to power, but the alliance broke down due to differences. On 23 November 2019, Fadnavis was sworn in as chief minister and Ajit Pawar as deputy chief minister. It was an oath taken early in the morning. But both resigned on November 26, 2019, before the majority test. On November 28, 2019, Maha Vikas Aghadi of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress came to power. After this there was a rebellion between Shiv Sena and NCP and 4 parties were formed. Sharad and Uddhav took the lead in the Lok Sabha elections. Legislative elections will take place in all these contexts.
Jharkhand political equation of
32 seats of Santhal Pargana and Kolhan division pose the biggest challenge for the BJP.
Jharkhand has a Grand Alliance-led government, namely the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). This includes the Congress, the RJD and the Left parties. To form the government in Jharkhand, the BJP will have to focus on 32 seats in Santhal Pargana and Kolhan divisions.
Out of 18 assembly seats in Santhal Pargana, only three seats currently belong to the BJP. In the last elections, the BJP could not even open its account in 14 Assembly seats in Kolhan division. The then Chief Minister Raghuvar Das also had to face the defeat in Jamshedpur East.
In January, Hemant Soren had to go to jail after he resigned as CM in a corruption case. However, after securing bail, he came out and took over the post of CM in Champai Soren in 156 days. After this, Champai joined the BJP. Champai, who was Shibu Soren’s companion in the Jharkhand movement, is also called Kolhan Tiger.
Election year 2024: elections held in 6 states, including Lok Sabha In 2024, in addition to the Lok Sabha, legislative elections were held in 4 states: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim. The BJP alone failed to cross the majority mark in the Lok Sabha, but with the help of its allies, it formed the government for a record third consecutive time. Modi became the first non-Congress face to become Prime Minister for the third time.
At the same time, the BJP formed a government with the TDP in Andhra Pradesh. Chandrababu Naidu became CM. For the first time in Odisha, the BJP formed the government with a full majority under the leadership of Mohan Chandra Majhi. The BJP has formed the government in Arunachal for the third consecutive time. The ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) formed the government in Sikkim.
In Haryana, the BJP will form the government for a record third time by winning 48 seats. So far, no political party has formed the state government for three consecutive terms. The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference and Congress will form a coalition government in the elections to be held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. The Congress-NC alliance won 48 seats. The BJP won 29 seats. 15 years ago, also in 2009, the coalition government of Congress and NC was formed. Umar was then 38 years old and became the youngest chief minister of the state.
Uddhav said – Mahayuti should tell his CM candidate: then we will announce it, Sharad said – we have to get rid of the current government.
Asked about the Mahavikas Aghadi chief ministerial candidate, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray said this election would be a contest between MVA and Mahayuti. Mahayuti should first tell his Chief Minister candidate, then we will tell the candidate. Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said that the people of Maharashtra want change and he is confident that its effect will be visible in the results of the assembly elections.