Maharashtra election

MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five of the ten legislative council seats in Maharashtra on Monday while in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) —NCP and Shiv Sena secured two seats each and Congress managed to secure one seat. BJP’s fifth candidate Prasad Lad secured 28 votes and won the election. Last week Fadnavis had ensured the win of all the three Rajya Sabha candidates. State BJP president Chandrakant Patil said the party secured 134 preferential votes. The party has 106 MLAs besides the support of seven other MLAs. He fully credited Fadnavis for the BJP’s victory. The opposition leader said he didn't not believe in miracles. “It is the discontent within the MVA that has come to the fore and converted into votes,” said Fadnavis. He hugged Girish Mahajan, the party MLA from Jalgaon, as he came down to speak to the media. Mahajan has been instrumental in holding successful negotiations with Hitendra Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi which has three MLAs. Fadnavis said only he knows the truth (on the MLAs who voted for the BJP). He has succeeded in splitting 21 votes. “I thank all the MLAs from all the parties as also the independents who helped us and ensured the victory of our fifth candidate. In the Rajya Sabha elections we secured 123 votes in this election we secured 134 votes. Right from the beginning, I have been saying there is a lot of anger in the Maha Vikas Aghadi. There is no coordination between the three parties. We had no votes for the fifth candidate bu...

Assembly election in Maharashtra 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election ← 21 October 2019 All 288 seats to the 145 seats needed for a majority Turnout 61.44% ( 1.94%) Majority party Minority party Third party Leader Party Alliance Leader'sseat Lastelection 122 63 41 Seatswon 105 56 54 Seatchange 17 7 13 Popularvote 14,199,375 9,049,789 9,216,919 Percentage 25.75% 16.41% 16.71% Swing 2.06 3.04 0.53 Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party Leader Party Alliance Leader'sseat Did Not Contest Lastelection 42 2 1 Seatswon 44 2 1 Seatchange 2 Popularvote 8,752,199 737,888 1,242,135 Percentage 15.87% 1.34% 2.25% Swing 2.07 0.41 0.92 The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 21 October 2019 to elect all 288 members of the Background [ ] The results were out on 21 October 2019 with the Sena-BJP Alliance getting majority, enough to form the government. However, Shiv Sena and BJP had a fall out which compelled Shiv Sena to form an alliance with the opposition, [ citation needed] ending their alliance. The new alliance, named Election schedule [ ] The Poll Event Schedule Notification date 27 September 2019 Last date for filing out nominations 4 October 2019 Scrutiny of nominations 5 October 2019 Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 7 October 2019 Date of Poll 21 October 2019 Counting of Votes 24 October 2019 Political parties and campaign [ ] National Democratic Alliance Pre-election alliance of United Progressive Alliance Pre-election alliance of Others Var...

Main article: Indian media reporting indicate a national election due in 2024 to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha. Date* Country Government before Prime Minister before election Government after Elected Prime Minister April to May 2024* TBD TBD * Tentative schedule per the Legislative assembly elections [ ] Indian media reporting indicate elections for the following legislative assemblies due in 2024. Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps April 2024 TBD April 2024 TBD April 2024 TBD April 2024 TBD October 2024 TBD October 2024 TBD November/ December 2024 TBD * Tentative schedule per assembly tenure. Source: Elections in India See also [ ] • • • References [ ] • 'PM Modi preparing for 2024 elections': Sanjay Raut on Gujarat developments". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2021. • Deka, Kaushik (17 October 2021). India Today. • Sinha, Akash (29 July 2021). 'Khela Hobe'? Five roadblocks to Mamata Banerjee's national ambitions for 2024 elections". The Financial Express. • News Nation . Retrieved 19 April 2021. • Kumar, Jyoti (18 November 2021). Patrika (in Hindi). . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Rawal, Swapnil (17 June 2021). Hindustan Times. . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Staff Reporter (16 November 2021). The Hindu. . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Arunachal24. 24 November 2021. . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Elections in India . Retrieved 20 May 2021.

By Press Trust of India: Four-time MLA Varsha Gaikwad who was appointed as Mumbai Congress chief on Friday faces a daunting task of rejuvenating the cadre ahead of elections to the civic body as well as Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly. Elections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), long due, are expected to be held before the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. She worked as a lecturer at the Siddharth College of Arts, Science and Commerce here before entering politics. She holds a master's degree in mathematics. She was a minister first in the Democratic Front government of the Congress and NCP and later in Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena.

Kasba Peth, Chinchwad bypolls results: The counting of votes for Maharashtra's Kasba Peth and Chinchwad byelections began at 8 am on Thursday. According to initial trends, and as expected, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition are locked in a close fight, with the BJP's candidate leading in Chinchwad, and the MVA nominee ahead in Kasba Peth. Counting underway for Pune's Kasba Peth byelection (ANI) Click here for live updates on assembly bypolls 2023 results According to the Election Commission's (ECI) data, BJP's Chinchwad candidate, Ashwini Jagtap, has won 7,882 EVM votes (42.25%) thus far, while the National Congress Party's (NCP) Nana Kate has secured 7,206 votes (38.62%) till now. In Kasba Peth, on the other hand, Congress nominee Ravindra Dhangekar, with 11,121 votes (50.03%), is ahead of the BJP's Hemant Rasane (10,667 votes, 47.99%). Kasba Peth and Chinchwad, both assembly constituencies in Pune, witnessed bypolls on Feb 27. The exercise was necessitated due to the passing away of BJP legislators from each: Mukta Tilak (Kasba Peth) and Laxman Jagtap (Chinchwad).

New Delhi: The stage is set for the biennial Maharashtra Legislative Council (MLC) elections as the voting has begun on Monday with a total of 11 candidates in the fray for the 10 Council seats. The election will witness a close fight between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance’s Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The MLAs from the electoral college for the MLC elections. The effective strength of the 288-member Maharashtra House has been reduced to 285 following the death of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, while two NCP MLAs -Nawab Malik and Anil Deshmukh - are presently in jail and cannot vote as per the High Court order. Smaller parties and Independents account for 25 MLAs. ALSO READ: The term of nine sitting members of the legislative council will end on July 7, the election for the 10th seat was necessitated as it fell vacant after the death of BJP MLC RN Singh in January 2022. According to the Election Commission, votes will be cast between 9 am to 4 pm, while the counting of votes will begin at 5 pm. The BJP has 106 MLAs in the House, Shiv Sena-55, Congress-44, and NCP-52. Candidates in the fray The Shiv Sena has nominated Sachin Ahir and Amshya Padvi, a party functionary from the tribal-dominated Nandurbar district. The Congress has fielded Mumbai Congress chief Bhai Jagtap and former minister Chandrakant Handore. The BJP has renominated outgoing MLCs Darekar and Lad, and given tickets to Ram Shinde, Uma Khapre and Shrikant Bharatiya. Wha...

The Election Commission had announced polling to six seats to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from five local constituencies on December 10. In the election for two seats in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Shiv Sena (Sunil Shinde) and the BJP (Rajhans Singh) bagged one seat each unopposed. In the Kolhapur and Nandurbar-Dhule MLC polls also, the Congress and the BJP respectively secured one seat each unopposed. Polling to the Nagpur and Akola-Buldhana-Washim seats was held on December 10. According to the District Information Office, in Nagpur, of the 554 votes polled, BJP candidate and former state energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule secured 362 votes, while Mangesh Deshmukh, the independent candidate who was supported by the MVA, got 186 votes. On the eve of polling, the Congress nominee, Ravindra Bhoyar, had expressed his inability to contest, following which the party backed Deshmukh. However, Bhoyar later contested the poll and got only one vote. In a major upset, Shiv Sena's three-time MLC Gopikishan Bajoria was defeated by BJP's Vasant Khandelwal in Akola-Washim-Buldhana. Of the total 808 votes, Khandelwal bagged 443 votes while Bajoria secured 334. "The MVA was claiming that they will win all the elections as three parties have come together. We have busted this myth and I feel that this victory has laid the foundation for our future wins," Fadnavis said. Khandelwal attributed his victory to the successful strategy of his party. Speaking t...

Main article: Indian media reporting indicate a national election due in 2024 to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha. Date* Country Government before Prime Minister before election Government after Elected Prime Minister April to May 2024* TBD TBD * Tentative schedule per the Legislative assembly elections [ ] Indian media reporting indicate elections for the following legislative assemblies due in 2024. Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps April 2024 TBD April 2024 TBD April 2024 TBD April 2024 TBD October 2024 TBD October 2024 TBD November/ December 2024 TBD * Tentative schedule per assembly tenure. Source: Elections in India See also [ ] • • • References [ ] • 'PM Modi preparing for 2024 elections': Sanjay Raut on Gujarat developments". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2021. • Deka, Kaushik (17 October 2021). India Today. • Sinha, Akash (29 July 2021). 'Khela Hobe'? Five roadblocks to Mamata Banerjee's national ambitions for 2024 elections". The Financial Express. • News Nation . Retrieved 19 April 2021. • Kumar, Jyoti (18 November 2021). Patrika (in Hindi). . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Rawal, Swapnil (17 June 2021). Hindustan Times. . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Staff Reporter (16 November 2021). The Hindu. . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Arunachal24. 24 November 2021. . Retrieved 18 December 2021. • Elections in India . Retrieved 20 May 2021.

MUMBAI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five of the ten legislative council seats in Maharashtra on Monday while in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) —NCP and Shiv Sena secured two seats each and Congress managed to secure one seat. BJP’s fifth candidate Prasad Lad secured 28 votes and won the election. Last week Fadnavis had ensured the win of all the three Rajya Sabha candidates. State BJP president Chandrakant Patil said the party secured 134 preferential votes. The party has 106 MLAs besides the support of seven other MLAs. He fully credited Fadnavis for the BJP’s victory. The opposition leader said he didn't not believe in miracles. “It is the discontent within the MVA that has come to the fore and converted into votes,” said Fadnavis. He hugged Girish Mahajan, the party MLA from Jalgaon, as he came down to speak to the media. Mahajan has been instrumental in holding successful negotiations with Hitendra Thakur’s Bahujan Vikas Aghadi which has three MLAs. Fadnavis said only he knows the truth (on the MLAs who voted for the BJP). He has succeeded in splitting 21 votes. “I thank all the MLAs from all the parties as also the independents who helped us and ensured the victory of our fifth candidate. In the Rajya Sabha elections we secured 123 votes in this election we secured 134 votes. Right from the beginning, I have been saying there is a lot of anger in the Maha Vikas Aghadi. There is no coordination between the three parties. We had no votes for the fifth candidate bu...

Kasba Peth, Chinchwad bypolls results: The counting of votes for Maharashtra's Kasba Peth and Chinchwad byelections began at 8 am on Thursday. According to initial trends, and as expected, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition are locked in a close fight, with the BJP's candidate leading in Chinchwad, and the MVA nominee ahead in Kasba Peth. Counting underway for Pune's Kasba Peth byelection (ANI) Click here for live updates on assembly bypolls 2023 results According to the Election Commission's (ECI) data, BJP's Chinchwad candidate, Ashwini Jagtap, has won 7,882 EVM votes (42.25%) thus far, while the National Congress Party's (NCP) Nana Kate has secured 7,206 votes (38.62%) till now. In Kasba Peth, on the other hand, Congress nominee Ravindra Dhangekar, with 11,121 votes (50.03%), is ahead of the BJP's Hemant Rasane (10,667 votes, 47.99%). Kasba Peth and Chinchwad, both assembly constituencies in Pune, witnessed bypolls on Feb 27. The exercise was necessitated due to the passing away of BJP legislators from each: Mukta Tilak (Kasba Peth) and Laxman Jagtap (Chinchwad).