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The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election was held on 20 November 2024 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly to elect 288 members of the 15th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. [2] The turnout for the election was 66.05%, the highest since 1995. The ruling Maha Yuti alliance won a landslide victory, winning 235 seats.
The BJP-led NDA surpassed the majority threshold of 272 and won 293 seats. However, unlike the previous election, the BJP did not win a majority in both houses of parliament having only won 240 seats (losing 63 seats from the 303 seats they previously held since 2019 as well as losing their 10-year long benefit of being the sole-controller of both houses of parliament since 2014) in the Lok ...
On 16th March 2024, the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the 2024 Indian general election, with Maharashtra scheduled to vote during the first five phases on 19, 26 April, 7, 13, and 20 May. Phase wise schedule of 2024 Indian general election in Maharashtra Phase I Phase II Phase III Phase IV Phase V
The Election Commission of India banned the publication of all exit polls starting 48 hours before Phase 1 of the election until the end of Phase 7. This was intended to prevent exit polls from earlier phases affecting voter decisions in later phases. The ban ended after the close of Phase 7 voting at 18:30 IST on 1 June 2024. [294]
However, whereas in 2022 abortion (27 percent) was the second most important issue for national voters, just 14 percent said the same in 2024, per CNN exit polls from both years.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India and has been the ruling party since the 16th Lok Sabha. It is seeking re-election in the 2024 parliamentary election as the leading party of the National Democratic Alliance, with Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate. [2]
MP before election Party before election Reason Elected MP Party after election 1 13 November 2024: Wayanad: Kerala: Rahul Gandhi: Indian National Congress: Resigned on 18 June 2024 [5] Priyanka Gandhi: Indian National Congress: 2 20 November 2024 Nanded: Maharashtra: Vasantrao Balwantrao Chavan: Died on 26 August 2024 [6] Ravindra Vasantrao Chavan
Maharashtra (highlighted) within India. Elections in Maharashtra, a state in India, are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India.The Assembly of Maharashtra creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India.