Shiv Sena, is a Marathi regional and Hindu nationalist political organisation in India founded on 19 June 1966 by political cartoonist Bal Thackeray. The party originally emerged from a movement in Mumbai demanding preferential treatment for Maharashtrians over migrants to the city. It is currently headed by Thackeray's son, Uddhav Thackeray. Members of Shiv Sena are referred to as Shivsainiks.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a coalition of Progressive centre-right to right-wing political parties in India. At the time of its formation in 1998, it was led by the BJP and had 13 constituent parties. Its chairman was late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Also representing the alliance are L. K. Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister, who is the acting chairman of the Alliance, Narendra Modi, current Prime Minister and the Leader of the House in Lok Sabha; and Arun Jaitley, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha and Finance minister. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 General election with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014.
Assembly elections was held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2004. The major alliances were the Democratic Front and the Bharatiya Janata Party - Shiv Sena alliance. Other political parties contested were the Bahujan Samajwadi Party, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, and the LJP. 66,000 electronic voting machines were used to elect the 288 members of the Maharashtra legislative assembly.
Narayan Tatu Rane is an Indian politician from the state Maharashtra and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He was a Minister for Industry, Port, Employment and Self-employment in the Government of Maharashtra.
The Indian general election, 2009 in Maharashtra were held for 48 seats with the state going to polls in the first three phases of the general elections. The major contenders in the state were the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA). UPA consisted of the Indian National Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party whereas the NDA consisted of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Shiv Sena. The Shiv Sena contested on 22 seats in the state and the BJP over 25 seats . Similarly, the NCP contested on 21 seats and the Indian National Congress contested on 25 seats . Other parties in the fray included the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Bahujan Samaj Party which fielded candidates on 47 seats, and the Fourth Front. The MNS which was contesting its first general elections fielded candidates on 11 seats in the state.
Sandeep Naik is a member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA). He is the son of NCP politician and former State Excise Minister and Non-Conventional Energy Minister Ganesh Naik and, younger brother of Thane NCP and NCP Chief Whip and former MP Sanjeev Naik. He rose to prominence in Maharashtra after winning the 2014 assembly elections.
Maharashtra is a state in the western region of India and is India's third-largest state by area. It has over 112 million inhabitants and its capital, Mumbai, has a population of approximately 18 million. Nagpur is Maharashtra's second capital as well as its winter capital. Government in the state is organized on parliamentary system. Power is further devolved to large city councils, District councils and sub-district (Taluka) councils and the village parish councils. The politics of the state is dominated by the numerically strong Maratha-Kunbi community. There are National and regional parties in the state serving different demographics such as those based on religion, caste, urban and rural residents.
The 13th Assembly elections were held in Maharashtra, India on October 13, 2009. The ruling Democratic Front contested the elections against the alliance of Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Against the Third Front Known as Republican Left Democratic Front popularly known as RIDALOS.
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. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
The Parbhani Municipal Corporation is D grade Municipal Corporation of Maharashtra, the governing body of the city of Parbhani, situated beside the Collector Office, and District Court. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and supplies. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.
The term of the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra was due to expire on 8 November 2014. By virtue of its powers, duties and functions under Article 324 read with Article 172(1) of the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Election Commission of India is required to hold elections to constitute the new Legislative Assembly in the State of Maharashtra before expiry of the term. The Model Code of Conduct came into force on 12 September 2014. Gazette Notification was issued on 20 September 2014. A legislative assembly election was held on 15 October 2014, in a single phase, to select the 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in India. The result was announced on 19 October, with the BJP getting a plurality.The term of the current 13th Legislative Assembly is to end on November 9, 2019 as the first meeting of the new house was held on November 10, 2014.
Bhaskar Jadhav is a former Minister for Labour & Special Assistance,Maharashtra State & Ex-president of Maharashtra state unit of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and MLA of Maharashtra from Guhagar. Formerly he also served as Minister of State for Urban Development, Forest, Port, Sports, Parliamentary Affairs, Youth Welfare, Ex-Defence Welfare, Law & Order, Fisheries and Guardian Minister of Ratnagiri.
Diwakar Raote is a leader of Shiv Sena from Maharashtra. On 5 December 2014 Shri Diwakar Raote took charge as the Cabinet Minister of Transport in Maharashtra Government. He is also guardian minister of Parbhani and Nanded District. Earlier he was entrusted with the responsibility of establishing the organization in Marathwada after the party's decision in 1985 to expand to whole Maharashtra. He became Mayor of Mumbai in 1991. In Narayan Rane ministry, he was a cabinet minister of Revenue, Government of Maharashtra.
The Indian general election, 2014 in Maharashtra was held in three phases on 10, 17 and 24 April 2014.
Eknath Sambhaji Shinde is a Maharashtra State Government Cabinet Minister - PWD from Government Of Maharashtra and current Member of Legislative Assembly from Kopri-Pachpakhadi of Thane, Maharashtra, India as a member of Shiv Sena. He has been elected consecutively for 3 terms in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 2004, 2009 & 2014.
The Bahujan Republican Ekta Manch (BREM) is a regional political party from Maharashtra, India, led by Sulekha Kumbhare. It supported the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the 2014 general election, but extended its support to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) before the 2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election due to differences with the UPA leader Indian National Congress over seat distribution.
Vinayak Mete is a leader of the Shiv Sangram party. He was elected unopposed to the Maharashtra Legislative Council on 3 June 2016. This will be a consecutive term for him. He member of Nationalist Congress Party until 2014. He was candidate from Bharatiya Janata Party in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, 2014 from Beed but lost to Jaydattji Kshirsagar of Nationalist Congress Party.
Local elections were held in Maharashtra in four phases, to select the 4,750 members of the 192 municipal councils and 20 Nagar Panchayat. Results were announced the day after each round of voting. The first phase took place on 27 November and saw the BJP emerge as the largest party in municipal councils, winning control of 53 of the 147 councils and winning 857 of the 3,417 seats. The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party in Nagar Panchayat elections, winning 84 of the 253 seats on 18 Nagar Panchayats.
Niranjan Davkhare is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party. On 28 June 2018, he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council from Konkan Graduates constituency. He is the son of late NCP leader Vasant Davkhare. Just before Graduate MLC polls in 2018 Niranjan Davkhare had resigned from the NCP and had joined the BJP. He held the same seat from 2012-2018 on an NCP ticket.
The Indian general election, 2019 in Maharashtra will be held in April 2019. These will be held for 48 seats in 4 phases; 11 April, 18 April, 23 April and 29 April 2019.
