Maharashtra is conducting its Assembly elections on the 21st of October. The polling started at 7:00 A.M., and will continue till 6:00 P.M.
Approximately 8.9 crore voters are voting, out of which, 4,69,90,246 voters are men, 4,28,46,720 are women and 2,634 are third gender voters. There are a total of 3,239 candidates in the fray for 288 Assembly seats. The major parties contesting the elections are the alliance of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena and the Indian National Congress (INC,) in alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP.)
The BJP is contesting 150 seats, whereas the Shiv Sena is fighting for 124 seats and the remaining seats were given to smaller allies. On the other hand, the INC and the NCP are contesting 125 seats each, leaving 38 seats for the smaller allies and independent candidates.
As of now, ministers and political leaders like Supriya Sule of the NCP, Nitin Gadkari, the Transport Minister of India and his wife, Kanchan Gadkari, cast their votes.
Besides, Haribhau Bagade, the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker, Sandip Patil, a former cricketer and leaders like Ashish Shelar and Ashok Chavan were amongst others to cast their votes early.
The voters shared their pictures on Twitter after casting their votes. Maharashtra recorded a total of 32 % voters turn out by 3:00 P.M.
हरियाणा और महाराष्ट्र विधानसभा चुनाव में अपना मतदान कांग्रेस पार्टी के पक्ष में करें। आप सभी को सरकार की गलत नीतियों ,तानाशाही रवैए के खिलाफ परिवर्तन की शुरुआत कर पुनः प्रदेशों की कमान सुरक्षित हाथों में देनी है।#HaryanaAssemblyPolls#MaharashtraAssemblyPolls
— Youth Congress (@IYC) October 21, 2019
Union Minister Piyush Goyal in Mumbai: I am confident that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will win around 225 seats, opposition has lost all credibility and is nowhere in the contest. People are with Modi ji and Fadnavis ji. #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/ut0RRhJqyU
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
#MaharashtraAssemblyPolls: Actor & BJP MP from Gorakhpur (UP) Ravi Kishan & actress Padmini Kolhapure cast their votes at polling booths in Mumbai’s Goregaon & Andheri (West) constituency, respectively. pic.twitter.com/U1tKD18sYM
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
Voting is a civic sacrament. I have casted my vote for democracy, harmony, progress and development. I have casted my vote for Congress!#VoteForCongress #VoteForChange #VoteForProgress#MaharashtraAssemblyPolls #MaharashtraWantsCongress pic.twitter.com/wJFscuZ6LJ
— Avinash Pande (@avinashpandeinc) October 21, 2019
Its @AAPMaharashtra‘s first assembly election.
You probably are the best and most honestcandidates any party can give. All the best!#MaharashtraAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/t8gy8Z1HFf
— Abhijeet Dipke (@abhijeet_dipke) October 21, 2019
But it’s seen highest number of farmer suicides in India and let’s not for most #PMC bank .
Vote for development and peace #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls and not for ppl who distract you with expensive ads. https://t.co/qeF45NF76C— Lavanya Ballal | ಲಾವಣ್ಯ ಬಲ್ಲಾಳ್ (@LavanyaBallal) October 21, 2019
The results of the Maharashtra Assembly elections will be announced on the 24th of October.
Stay tuned for further updates.
