The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday held a press conference to announce the schedule for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly polls.
Here are the key takeaways from the press conference:
The Maharashtra assembly elections will be held on November 20.
The results for the Maharashtra assembly elections will be declared on November 23.
The two-phase elections in Jharkhand assembly elections will be held on November 13, 20.
The Jharkhand and Maharashtra assembly elections will be held on November 23.
Besides elections to the two assemblies, the EC also announced the Wayanad, Channapatna bypolls will be held on November 13. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.
CEC Rajiv Kumar announced that Maharashtra will have 1,86,000 polling stations, while Jharkhand will establish over 29,000. Approximately 9.6 crore voters are eligible to vote in Maharashtra, compared to 2.6 crore in Jharkhand.