Election Commission press conference
New Delhi: The Election Commission has announced the dates of Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly elections. Elections will be held in Maharashtra on November 20 and counting of votes will take place on November 23. Elections will be held in Maharashtra in a single phase. Whereas in Jharkhand, voting will be held on 13th and 20th November and the results will come only on 23rd November. Elections will be held in Jharkhand in 2 phases.
Assembly Election Voting Date Date of Results Phase Maharashtra 20 November 23 November 1 Jharkhand 13 and 20 November 23 November 2
By-election dates also announced
By-elections will be held on 9 seats in UP on November 13. Assembly by-elections will be held in Kedarnath, Uttarakhand on November 20. Lok Sabha by-election will be held in Wayanad on 13 November. By-elections were stopped in Milkipur seat and Basirhat of Ayodhya. Milkipur by-election has been stopped due to the election petition. The results of the by-election will also come on November 23.
How many voters in Maharashtra and Jharkhand? Chief Election Commissioner told
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that there will be 9 crore 63 lakh voters in Maharashtra. There are 5 crore male voters here. Voting will take place at one lakh polling booths here. There will be around 960 voters at every booth in Maharashtra. Polling booths have been increased in Mumbai.
Rajiv told that there are 2 crore 60 lakh voters in Jharkhand. There are 1 crore 31 lakh male voters here and 1 crore 29 lakh female voters. Voting will be held at 29 thousand 562 booths in Jharkhand. There will be 881 voters at every booth in Jharkhand.
Election Commission also gave statement on EVM
The Election Commission has also given a statement on EVMs. The Election Commission said that there is no fault in EVM. EVM is completely safe. The polling agent’s signature will also be on the battery of the EVM. EVMs will be under 3 layer security. Single use battery is used in EVM. EVMs do not have batteries like mobiles.
How many assembly seats in Maharashtra?
There are a total of 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra, out of which 145 seats are required for majority. In the 2019 elections, BJP got 105 seats, Shiv Sena 56, NCP 54, Congress 44 and others 29 seats.
How many assembly seats in Jharkhand?
There are 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand. In the last elections, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) had won 30 seats and BJP had won 25 seats, while 26 seats had gone to other parties. JMM had emerged as the largest party in the elections.
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