NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has announced the dates of Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections on Friday. The chief election commissioner VS Sampath announced the dates in New Delhi.
Major political parties have already entered into the campaign mode in these states with Prime Minister Narendra Modi going to Haryana to campaign for the BJP where it is contesting all the 90 seats having broken its long-time alliance with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). BJP party president Amit Shah has held intensive negotiations with its ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on seat sharing and arriving at a consensus on their chief ministerial candidate should the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance win the state election. Negotiations are still going on.
The two states will go to the polls on October 15. The counting of votes will take place on October 19.
In Maharashtra, 228 assembly constituencies will go to the polls while Haryana will vote for 90 seats.
Last date for filing nominations will be September 29 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination will be October 1.
Major political parties have already entered into the campaign mode in these states with Prime Minister Narendra Modi going to Haryana to campaign for the BJP where it is contesting all the 90 seats having broken its long-time alliance with Indian National Lok Dal (INLD). BJP party president Amit Shah has held intensive negotiations with its ally Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on seat sharing and arriving at a consensus on their chief ministerial candidate should the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance win the state election. Negotiations are still going on.
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