maharashtra assembly election 2024
Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The campaign phase in the Maharashtra Assembly elections ended after 6 pm on Monday. The main contest in the state is between the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance. At the same time, for the first time after the dissolution, both the Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena factions will try their luck in this assembly elections.
Campaigning for the assembly elections to be held in Maharashtra on November 20 has been halted. At the same time, after the implementation of the code of conduct, political parties launched a vigorous campaign. The BJP held a maximum of 172 meetings in this election. The Congress held 154 public meetings and roadshows, while the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) held a total of 101 meetings.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said he held more than 75 meetings and gatherings in total. NCP (Ajit) chief Ajit Pawar held 50 meetings and visited 70 villages in these elections. After CN Shinde, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari held the maximum number of personal meetings in the Maharashtra elections – he held a total of 72 meetings, while BJP leader and state deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis held a total of 64 meetings.
PM Modi held 9 meetings while CM Yogi held 11 meetings.
In Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a total of nine party meetings. During this period it held 106 state assembly seats. At the same time, Amit Shah held 16 meetings. While Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has held 11 meetings. At the same time, if we talk about the star activists of the Congress, then in this election the party president Mallikarjun Kharge participated in 9 meetings and 4 press conferences. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi held 7 meetings and 1 press conference, while Priyanka Gandhi held a total of 3 meetings and a tour.
At the same time, Maharashtra Congress state president Nana Patole held as many as 65 meetings. Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy participated in 7 meetings, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah participated in 4 meetings and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar participated in 5 meetings. According to this list, Sachin Pilot organized 17 meetings and Imran Pratapgarhi organized 31 meetings. At the same time, Sharad Pawar, who is part of MVA, participated in 55 meetings, while his daughter Supriya Sule participated in a total of 46 election rallies.
Along with Mahayuti, MVA, 152 small parties are also in the fray.
Voting for the Maharashtra Assembly elections will be held on November 20 for 288 assembly seats in the state. While its results will be published on November 23. This time, in the Maharashtra election battle, a total of 152 small parties are also in the fray along with Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharad Pawar) in Mahayuti (BJP, NCP (Ajit), Shiv Sena) and MVA. . In addition to all these parties, 2,086 independent candidates are also competing.
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Whereas, if we talk only about parties, then the Bahujan Samajwadi Party is contesting the maximum number of 237 seats. BJP has fielded its candidates in 149 seats, Congress in 101, NCP (Ajit) in 59, NCP (Shardchand Pawar) in 86 seats, Shiv Sena (Shinde) in 81 seats, while Shiv Sena (UBT) has presented its candidates in a total of 95 positions. Apart from this, MNS has fielded its candidates for 125 seats and AIMIM has fielded its candidates for a total of 17 seats.