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Legislative Assembly elections are expected to be held in Maharashtra by November 2024 to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
The tenure of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 26 November. [1] The previous Assembly elections in Maharashtra were held in October 2019. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance achieved a majority to form the government, but due to internal conflict, Shiv Sena left the alliance [2] to form a new alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi with Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress. [3] Maha Vikas Aghadi formed the state government with Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray becoming chief minister. [4]
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Following the 2022 Maharashtra political crisis, Shiv Sena politician Eknath Shinde, along with 40 MLAs from his party, formed a government with the BJP with Shinde becoming the new chief minister. [5] After the 2023 Maharashtra political crisis, the Ajit Pawar faction of Nationalist Congress Party also joined the government.
In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, which was the first major election after the split of Nationalist Congress Party and Shiv Sena, Maha Vikas Agadhi won 30 out of 48 seats while Mahayuti could only get 17 seats. [6] [7]
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBD |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBD |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD |
| Date of Poll | TBD |
| Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
| Party | Flag | Symbols | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Chandrashekhar Bawankule | TBD | |
| Shiv Sena |  |  | Eknath Shinde | TBD | |
| Nationalist Congress Party |  |  | Sunil Tatkare [8] | TBD | |
| Prahar Janshakti Party |  | | Bachchu Kadu [9] | TBD | |
| Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | | | Mahadev Jankar [10] | TBD | |
| Jan Surajya Shakti | | | Vinay Kore [11] | TBD | |
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) |  |  | Ramdas Athawale [12] | TBD | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress |  |  | Nana Patole | TBD | |
| Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) |  |  | Uddhav Thackeray | TBD | |
| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) |  | Jayant Patil [13] | TBD | ||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  |  | Uday Narkar [14] | TBD | |
| Samajwadi Party |  |  | Abu Azmi [15] | TBD | |
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | | Jayant Prabhakar Patil [16] | TBD | ||
| Swabhimani Paksha |  | | Raju Shetti [17] | TBD | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maharashtra Navnirman Sena |  |  | Raj Thackeray | TBD | |
| All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen |  |  | Imtiyaz Jaleel [18] | TBD (5 declared) | |
| Bahujan Vikas Aghadi | |  | Hitendra Thakur | TBD | |
| Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi |  |  | Prakash Ambedkar [19] | TBD (11 declared) | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party |  |  | Sunil Dongre[ citation needed ] | TBD | |
| Aam Aadmi Party |  |  | Abhijit More [20] | TBD | |
| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Mahayuti | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
| Shiv Sena | |||||||||
| Nationalist Congress Party | |||||||||
| Prahar Janshakti Party | |||||||||
| Rashtriya Samaj Paksha | |||||||||
| Jan Surajya Shakti | |||||||||
| Republican Party of India (Athawale) | |||||||||
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| Maha Vikas Aghadi | Indian National Congress | ||||||||
| Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | |||||||||
| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | |||||||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||
| Samajwadi Party | |||||||||
| Peasants and Workers Party of India | |||||||||
| Swabhimani Paksha | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
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| Total | 100% | — | 288 | — | |||||
| District | Seats | |||
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| MY | MVA | Others | ||
| Nandurbar | 4 | |||
| Dhule | 5 | |||
| Jalgaon | 11 | |||
| Buldhana | 7 | |||
| Akola | 5 | |||
| Washim | 3 | |||
| Amravati | 8 | |||
| Wardha | 4 | |||
| Nagpur | 12 | |||
| Bhandara | 3 | |||
| Gondia | 4 | |||
| Gadchiroli | 3 | |||
| Chandrapur | 6 | |||
| Yavatmal | 7 | |||
| Nanded | 9 | |||
| Hingoli | 3 | |||
| Parbhani | 4 | |||
| Jalna | 5 | |||
| Aurangabad | 9 | |||
| Nashik | 15 | |||
| Palghar | 6 | |||
| Thane | 18 | |||
| Mumbai Suburban | 26 | |||
| Mumbai City | 10 | |||
| Raigad | 7 | |||
| Pune | 21 | |||
| Ahmednagar | 12 | |||
| Beed | 6 | |||
| Latur | 6 | |||
| Osmanabad | 4 | |||
| Solapur | 11 | |||
| Satara | 8 | |||
| Ratnagiri | 5 | |||
| Sindhudurg | 3 | |||
| Kolhapur | 10 | |||
| Sangli | 8 | |||
| Total | 288 |
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