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NEW DELHI — According to the Election Commission of India, Assembly elections for the 288-member Maharashtra and 90-member Haryana assembly will be held on October 21, and the results will be declared on October 24.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, announcing the schedule of the Assembly polls in both the states, said, “The Assembly polls in Haryana and Maharashtra will be held on October 21 and the counting of votes will take place on October 24.”
He said the notification for the elections will be issued on September 27. “Last date for filing nomination is October 4, while the scrutiny of the nomination papers will be done on October 5,” he said, reports IANS.
The last day for withdrawing nominations is October 7, according to CEC’s announcement.
Arora also informed that the tenure of the Haryana legislative assembly will expire on November 2, while that of Maharashtra will end on November 9.
In the 2014 Assembly polls in Maharashtra, the BJP had won 122 seats, its ally Shiv Sena 63 seats, the Congress 42 seats, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 41 seats while others managed 20.
The Congress and the NCP had contested the 2014 Assembly polls separately after sharing power for 15 years in the state.
In the 2014 Haryana Assembly polls, the BJP won 47 seats followed by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) at 19 while the ruling Congress managed just 15 seats. Two seats went to the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), and one each to the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Five Independents were also elected.
