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Elections in Maharashtra & Haryana may be held in November
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Elections in Maharashtra & Haryana may be held in November
Preparations for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana have started and the sources of the Election Commission (EC) said that assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana are likely to be in November.
EC has written to the Chief Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra and Haryana and sent out a list of instructions. EC asked them to ensure that before 31st October 2019 all government officers directly connected to the elections should not complete three years in their district in last four years or would be completing three years on or before October 31, 2019.
By 31st October 2019, the Commission is preparing itself for the assembly elections in the month of November, keeping in mind the timing of posting officers who will be involved in election duty. Chief election officers in Maharashtra and Haryana have been asked to start preparations for the elections. The term of current State Legislative Assemblies of Haryana and Maharashtra ends on November 2 and November 9, respectively.
The ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) became as the single largest party in Maharashtra after it won 122 seats in the 288-member assembly in last elections. BJP sources said this time BJP and Shiv Sena would contest 135 seats each and give the remaining 18 seats to smaller allies.
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In the last assembly election held in 2014 in Maharashtra, Congress had bagged only two seats and NCP had won 4. While BJP won 48 seats in the 90-seat assembly in the last assembly elections in Haryana state held in 2014.
Both Maharashtra and Haryana are ruled by BJP and the party is now looking at increasing its margins in both states, after the massive success hold in Lok Sabha elections.