New Delhi: Assembly elections in Maharashtra will be held in single phase on November 20, 2024. The counting of votes will be held on November 23, 2024. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced the polling date in the Press Conference.
On the other hand, polling in Jharkhand will be held in two phases. Phase 1 will be held on November 13 and Phase two will be held on November 20. The counting will be held on the same day as of Maharashtra on November 23.
The term of the 288-seat Maharashtra Assembly will end on November 26 and that of the Jharkhand Assembly, with 81 seats, will end on January 5, 2025. The whole poll process has to be completed before that as per the rules.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, held meetings with district collectors and superintendents of police and met the political representatives also. The ECI team also toured Jharkhand to assess the situation there in September.
The ECI team led by CEC Rajiv Kumar along with ECs Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu held discussions with political parties as also the officials. Representatives of six national parties, including BJP, Congress and CPI(M) and three regional parties — JMM, RJD and AJSU gave their views and submitted their representation to the Election Commission. With the schedule to be announced by the ECI, the model code of conduct will also come into effect.