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Maharashtra is all set for the upcoming Assembly elections where polling for the 288-member Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra will be held on November 20. The counting of votes is scheduled to happen on November 23.
As the state gears up for polling to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, let us take a look at how the parties performed in the reserved seats in 2019 polls.
29 constituencies in Maharashtra are reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes candidates.
Here is how parties performed in SC reserved seats:
Here is how parties performed in ST reserved seats:
Below are representative diagrams showing number of seats won by each party in the SC and ST reserved seats. In the reserved SC seats, BJP won 8 seats, INC 7, NCP 6, Shiv Sena 5 and 2 seats by Independent candidates.
In ST seats, BJP won in 8, INC 4, NCP 6, Shiv Sena 3, Bhajun Vikas Aaghadi 1, CPI(M) 1, Prahar Janshakti Party 1 and one by Independent candidate.
(With inputs from IndiaVotes)
Assembly Elections 2024 | The Maharashtra Assembly polls will take place against the backdrop of a fractured political landscape in the western state where the Shiv Sena and NCP will be going up against the Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar factions, even as the BJP and Congress try to make their mark. Meanwhile, in Jharkhand, the JMM faces a new challenge after Hemant Soren's recent arrest and Champai, a longstanding party member, joining the BJP. The Haryana election resulted in a shock loss for Congress, which was looking to galvanize on the Lok Sabha poll performance, while J&K also saw the grand old party eventually stepping away from the cabinet, with Omar Abdullah's JKNC forming government. It remains to be seen if the upcoming polls help BJP cement its position further or provide a fillip to I.N.D.I.A. Check live updates and track the latest coverage, live news, in-depth opinions, and analyses only on Deccan Herald.
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