2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
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Legislative Assembly elections are expected to be held in Maharashtra by November 2024 to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
Background
[edit]The tenure of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 26 November.[1] The previous Assembly elections in Maharashtra were held in October 2019. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance achieved a majority to form the government, but due to internal conflict, Shiv Sena left the alliance[2] to form a new alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi with Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress.[3] Maha Vikas Aghadi formed the state government with Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray becoming chief minister.[4]
Political developments
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Following the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis, Shiv Sena politician Eknath Shinde, along with 40 MLAs from his party, formed a government with the BJP with Shinde becoming the new chief minister.[5] After the 2023 Maharashtra political crisis, the Ajit Pawar faction of Nationalist Congress Party also joined the government.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, which was the first major election after the split of Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena, Maha Vikas Agadhi won 30 out of 48 seats while Mahayuti could only get 17 seats.[6][7]
Schedule
[edit]Poll Event | Schedule |
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Notification Date | TBD |
Last Date for filing nomination | TBD |
Scrutiny of nomination | TBD |
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD |
Date of Poll | TBD |
Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
Parties and Alliances
[edit]Party | Flag | Symbols | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | Devendra Fadnavis | TBD | |||
Shiv Sena | Eknath Shinde | TBD | |||
Nationalist Congress Party | Ajit Pawar | TBD | |||
Prahar Janshakti Party | Bachchu Kadu[8] | TBD | |||
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | Mahadev Jankar[9] | TBD | |||
Jan Surajya Shakti | Vinay Kore[10] | TBD | |||
Republican Party of India (Athawale) | Ramdas Athawale | TBD |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Indian National Congress | Nana Patole | TBD | |||
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | Uddhav Thackeray | TBD | |||
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | Jayant Patil | TBD | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jiva Pandu Gavit[11] | TBD | |||
Samajwadi Party | Abu Azmi | TBD | |||
Peasants and Workers Party of India | Jayant Prabhakar Patil | TBD | |||
Swabhimani Paksha | Raju Shetti | TBD |
Others
[edit]Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | Raj Thackeray | TBD | |||
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | Imtiyaz Jaleel | 5 (declared) | |||
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | Hitendra Thakur | TBD | |||
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi | Prakash Ambedkar | ||||
Bahujan Samaj Party | Adv Sandeep Tajne | ||||
Aam Aadmi Party | Arvind Kejriwal | TBD |
Candidates
[edit]Campaigns
[edit]Manifestos
[edit]Issues
[edit]Surveys and Polls
[edit]Opinion polls (State-wise Alliances)
[edit]Polling agency | Date published | Mahayuti | Maha Vikas Aghadi | ||||
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BJP | SHS | NCP | INC | SHS (UT) | NCP (SP) | ||
Times Now - The Matrize Survey | September 2024 | 83 - 93 | 42 - 52 | 7 - 12 | 58 - 68 | 26 - 31 | 35 - 45 |
Exit Polls
[edit]Results
[edit]Results by alliance or party
[edit]Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
MY | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
Shiv Sena | |||||||||
Nationalist Congress Party | |||||||||
Prahar Janshakti Party | |||||||||
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | |||||||||
Jan Surajya Shakti | |||||||||
Republican Party of India (Athawale) | |||||||||
Total | |||||||||
MVA | Indian National Congress | ||||||||
Shivsena (UBT) | |||||||||
NCP (SP) | |||||||||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||
Samajwadi Party | |||||||||
Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||||||
Swabhimani Paksha | |||||||||
Total | |||||||||
Other parties | |||||||||
Independents | |||||||||
NOTA | |||||||||
Total | 100% | - | 288 | - |
Results by district
[edit]District | Seats | |||
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MY | MVA | Others | ||
Nandurbar | 4 | |||
Dhule | 5 | |||
Jalgaon | 11 | |||
Buldhana | 7 | |||
Akola | 5 | |||
Washim | 3 | |||
Amravati | 8 | |||
Wardha | 4 | |||
Nagpur | 12 | |||
Bhandara | 3 | |||
Gondia | 4 | |||
Gadchiroli | 3 | |||
Chandrapur | 6 | |||
Yavatmal | 7 | |||
Nanded | 9 | |||
Hingoli | 3 | |||
Parbhani | 4 | |||
Jalna | 5 | |||
Aurangabad | 9 | |||
Nashik | 15 | |||
Palghar | 6 | |||
Thane | 18 | |||
Mumbai Suburban | 26 | |||
Mumbai City | 10 | |||
Raigad | 7 | |||
Pune | 21 | |||
Ahmednagar | 12 | |||
Beed | 6 | |||
Latur | 6 | |||
Osmanabad | 4 | |||
Solapur | 11 | |||
Satara | 8 | |||
Ratnagiri | 5 | |||
Sindhudurg | 3 | |||
Kolhapur | 10 | |||
Sangli | 8 | |||
Total | 288 |
Results by constituency
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ "Shiv Sena exits NDA, preps to form govt as Congress, NCP meet on Maharashtra". The Statesman. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "What is Maha Vikas Aghadi?". The Indian Express. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister; 6 Cabinet Ministers take oath". The Hindu. 28 November 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Eknath Shinde takes oath as Maharashtra CM, Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy". Hindustan Times. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: BJP, allies get 17; Opposition combine bags 30 of 48 seats". Mid-day. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "Maharashtra Election Result 2024: Big win for MVA with 30 seats, Mahayuti at 17 and Independent 1". CNBCTV18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ "MLA Kadu miffed after nod for rally in Amravati revoked as venue allotted to BJP". ThePrint. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Jankar to fight from Madha & Parbhani". The Times of India. 16 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "Vinay Kore eyes assembly polls". The Times of India. 5 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
- ^ "CPM to contest Dindori seat, seeks support from MVA". The Times of India. 22 April 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 July 2024.