The dates of the final elections have been introduced. The grand pageant of democracy will start on April 19 and finish with a seventh section on June 1, with the counting of votes on June 4. The state of Maharashtra, which has been making headlines for the previous 18 months due to the persistent political churning, could have voting in 5 phases.
The opposition, nonetheless, has raised questions concerning the size of the train. Nationalist Congress Social gathering (Sharadchandra Pawar) state president Jayant Patil instructed News18, “The whole normal election ought to occur in a most of 4 phases. Within the state of Maharashtra, the voting will occur in 5 phases. Have seven phases of the election been deliberate to profit somebody?”
In 2019, the state had voted in 4 phases, however this time yet one more spherical has been added. When requested about this, state chief electoral officer S Chockalingam stated, “Deciding the phases of voting is the decision of the Election Fee.”
Sources within the state election fee stated that whereas deciding the variety of phases, the ballot panel considers components like geography, motion of the central forces (as per requirement), and variety of constituencies. Maharashtra has the second highest variety of Lok Sabha seats (48) after Uttar Pradesh (80).
The 5 districts of Ramtek, Nagpur, Bhandara Gondia, Gadchiroli Chimur, and Chandrapur in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha area will see voting within the first section on April 19.
The second section on April 26 could have voting within the remaining districts from Vidarbha, like Buldana, Akola, Amaravati, Wardha, and Yavatmal, apart from just a few districts of Marathwada area like Washim, Hingoli, Nanded, and Parbhani.
The third section on Might 7, will witness polling within the remaining districts of the Marathwada area like Dharashiv and Latur other than Konkan area seats similar to Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, and Raigad. Voting in western Maharashtra has additionally been deliberate on this section, together with in Baramati, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Kolhapur, and Hatkangale.
Within the fourth section on Might 13, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Sambhaji Nagar, Pune, Shirke, Ahmednagar, Shirdi, and Beed will go for polling.
The ultimate spherical, which is the fifth section of the final elections, will occur on Might 20, with voting in 13 districts, together with the six seats of Mumbai metropolis, Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi, Palghar, Nasik, Dindori, and Dhule.
The final elections this time in Maharashtra can be distinctive as the unique Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Social gathering have each been cut up, with one faction from every tying up with the BJP. The Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) are in an alliance with the Congress within the type of the Maha Vikas Aghadi. Whereas BJP ally and chief minister Eknath Shinde has the Shiv Sena title and image, the identical is the case with deputy CM Ajit Pawar and the NCP, which can play an important function within the polls.
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