Maharashtra-Jharkhand Election Date: Election Commission’s press conference has started at Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi. In the presence of Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and Election Commissioner Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, the dates of Maharashtra assembly elections and Jharkhand assembly elections will be announced today. Earlier, when the Election Commission announced the Haryana Assembly and Jammu-Kashmir Assembly elections on August 16, there was a discussion that the Commission will also announce the date of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections. However, the Commission did not make any announcement for both the states.
Election Commission’s press conference begins
The Election Commission’s press conference regarding the Maharashtra-Jharkhand assembly elections has started. The Election Commission is now going to announce the election dates in both the states. Chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar said, we are setting a new gold standard. The Chief Election Commissioner said that 130 crores of rupees have been seized in the Jammu and Kashmir elections. There was no violence in the elections of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. Not a single shot was fired. Declining violence and increasing vote percentage in every election shows that people are increasing their participation in voting. Kuch to log kahegen, logon ka kam hai kahana…
Maharashtra Chief Minister announced Diwali bonus before announcing election dates
Minutes before the announcement of elections, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has announced Diwali bonuses for lower level government employees. It has been announced to give a bonus of 29 thousand rupees to BMC employees. Which is three thousand more than last year. Kindergarten teachers and Asha workers will also get bonuses.
There will be an election atmosphere in both the states
The political atmosphere of Maharashtra and Jharkhand has heated up. If we talk about Maharashtra, there is currently a Shiv Sena-led government of Eknath Shinde, who formed the government in the state by joining hands with the BJP in a revolt against the old Shiv Sena. Ajit faction of NCP is also included in this government. In this election, it will be interesting to see if the voters of Maharashtra put faith in the current government or Shiv Sena (Uddhav group), NCP (Sharad group) and Congress get a chance to form the government.
A total of 288 seats in Maharashtra and a total of 81 seats in Jharkhand
Voting is to be held to elect 288 members of the Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra. The last assembly elections in the state were held in October 2019. When talking about Jharkhand, assembly elections are to be held on all 81 seats of the state. The tenure of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is ending on 5th January 2025. The last assembly elections in the state were held in December 2019.
The date of the by-election is also likely to be announced
Apart from the two assembly elections, the Election Commission can also announce by-elections to three Lok Sabha and at least 47 assembly seats, which have fallen vacant due to various reasons. The three vacant Lok Sabha seats include Wayanad in Kerala, Nanded in Maharashtra and Basirhat in West Bengal. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad and Rae Bareli seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi vacated the Wayanad seat and retained the Rae Bareli seat. Congress MP Vasant Chavan representing the Nanded seat and Trinamool Congress MP Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam representing the Basirhat seat have both fallen vacant following the recent death.
