Maharashtra legislative Assembly elections will be held in 288 constituencies.
On Saturday, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that political parties told the poll panel to announce Maharashtra assembly polls while keeping festivals like Diwali in mind.
“We have come here to prepare for the upcoming Assembly elections that are going to take place in Maharashtra.
We met with the leaders of national parties and regional parties. We met the stakeholders, DM, Commissioner of Police, DGP,” ANI quoted Kumar as saying at a press briefing in Mumbai.
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We met the leaders of 11 parties, including BSP, AAP, CPI(M), INC, MNS, SP, Shiv Sena (UBT), and Shiv Sena. The CEC added that they asked us to consider festivals like Diwali, Dev Diwali, and Chhath Puja before announcing the dates of the elections.
Further, the chief election commissioner commented that the current assembly’s term would end on November 26; thus, the election must be completed by that date.
“In Maharashtra, there are 288 constituencies, of which ST constituencies are 25 and ST constituencies are 29.
The term of the Maharashtra legislative assembly ends on 26 November, so elections must be completed before that.
The total electors in the states are 9.59 crores, with males being 4.59 crores and females being 4.64 crores. First-time voters from 18-19 years are pretty encouraging, around 19.48 lakhs,” he said.
