Maharashtra, Jharkhand Elections Set For November With Bypolls In 50 Seats, Check All Poll Schedules

Maharashtra will hold single-phase Assembly elections, while Jharkhand will have 2-phase polls. Additionally, bypolls will take place for 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats, including Wayanad.

Representational Image | The counting of votes for Maharashtra and Jharkhand Elections as well as bypolls in 50 seats will take place on November 23.

Source : ABP Live AI

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that the Assembly elections in Maharashtra will take place in a single phase on November 20, while Jharkhand will conduct its polls in two phases on November 13 and November 20. The counting of votes for both states is scheduled for November 23. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar disclosed that there are 9.63 crore eligible voters in Maharashtra and 2.6 crore in Jharkhand during a press conference.

Maharashtra Assembly Election Schedule 2024

Poll Events	Dates
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	22.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Nomination deadline	29.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Nomination Scrutiny	30.10.2024 (Wednesday)
Last date to withdraw nominations	04.11.2024 (Monday)
Date of Voting	20.11.2024 (Wednesday)
Date of Counting and Results Announcement	23.11.2024 (Saturday)

Jharkhand Election Schedule 2024

Poll Events	Phase-I	Phase-II
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification	18.10.2024 (Friday)	22.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Nomination deadline	25.10.2024 (Friday)	29.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Nomination Scrutiny	28.10.2024 (Monday)	30.10.2024 (Wednesday)
Last date to withdraw nominations	30.10.2024 (Wednesday)	01.11.2024 (Friday)
Date of Voting	13.11.2024 (Wednesday)	20.11.2024 (Wednesday)
Date of Counting and Result Announcement	23.11.2024 (Saturday)	23.11.2024 (Saturday)

Bypolls For 48 Assembly Seats, 2 Lok Sabha Seats

Additionally, the Election Commission revealed that byelections will be held for 48 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats. The byelections include those for the Wayanad and Nanded Lok Sabha seats. Notably, byelections for the Basirhat Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal and the Milkipur assembly seat in Uttar Pradesh were not announced, as election petitions are pending in their respective high courts against the previous winning candidates.

The 48 assembly constituencies and two Lok Sabha seats where byelections are being conducted span 15 states, including Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Punjab, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Sikkim.

The bypolls will be held on the following Assembly and Lok Sabha seats.

Name of State	No. and Name of AC/PC	Reason of Vacancy
Assam	11-Dholai (SC) AC	Resignation of Parimal Suklabaidya
	31-Sidli (ST) AC	Resignation of Joyanta Basumatary
	32-Bongaigaon AC	Resignation of Phani Bhusan Choudhury
	77-Behali AC	Resignation of Ranjit Dutta
	88-Samaguri AC	Resignation of Rakibul Hussain
Bihar	196-Tarari AC	Resignation of Sudama Prasad
	203-Ramgarh AC	Resignation of Sudhakar Singh
	227-Imamganj (SC) AC	Resignation of Jitan Ram Manjhi
	232-Belaganj AC	Resignation of Surendra Prasad Yadav
Chhattisgarh	51-Raipur City South AC	Resignation of Brijmohan Agrawal
Gujarat	7-Vav AC	Resignation of Geniben Nagaji Thakor
Karnataka	83-Shiggaon AC	Resignation of Basavaraj Bommai
	95-Sandur (ST) AC	Resignation of E Tukaram
	185-Channapatna AC	Resignation of H D Kumaraswamy
Kerala	56-Palakkad AC	Resignation of Shafi Parambil
	61-Chelakkara (SC) AC	Resignation of K. Radhakrishnan
	4-Wayanad PC	Resignation of Rahul Gandhi
Madhya Pradesh	156-Budhni AC	Resignation of Shivraj Singh Chouhan
	02-Vijaypur AC	Resignation of Ramnivas Rawat
Maharashtra	16-Nanded PC	Death of Chavan Vasantrao Balwantrao
Meghalaya	56-Gambegre (ST) AC	Resignation of Saleng A. Sangma
Punjab	10-Dera Baba Nanak AC	Resignation of Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa
	44-Chabbewal (SC) AC	Resignation of Dr. Raj Kumar
	84-Gidderbaha AC	Resignation of Amarinder Singh Raja Warring
	103-Barnala AC	Resignation of Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
Rajasthan	27-Jhunjhunu AC	Resignation of Brijendra Singh Ola
	67-Ramgarh AC	Death of Zubair Khan
	88-Dausa AC	Resignation of Murari Lal Meena
	97-Deoli-Uniara AC	Resignation of Harish Chandra Meena
	110-Khinwsar AC	Resignation of Hanuman Beniwal
	156-Salumber (ST) AC	Death of Amrit Lal Meena
	161-Chorasi (ST) AC	Resignation of Rajkumar Roat
Sikkim	07-Soreng-Chakung AC	Resignation of P.S. Tamang
	11-Namchi-Singhithang AC	Resignation of Krishna Kumari Rai
Uttar Pradesh	16-Meerapur AC	Resignation of Chandan Chauhan
	29-Kundarki AC	Resignation of Zia Ur Rehman
	56-Ghaziabad AC	Resignation of Atul Garg
	71-Khair (SC) AC	Resignation of Anoop Singh alias Anoop Pradhan Balmiki
	110-Karhal AC	Resignation of Akhilesh Yadav
	213-Sishamau AC	Disqualification of Haji Irfan Solanki
	256-Phulpur AC	Resignation of Praveen Patel
	277-Katehari AC	Resignation of Lalji Verma
	397-Majhawan AC	Resignation of Dr. Vinod Kumar Bind
Uttarakhand	07-Kedarnath AC	Death of Shailarani Rawat
West Bengal	6-Sitai (SC) AC	Resignation of Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia
	14-Madarihat (ST) AC	Resignation of Manoj Tigga
	104-Naihati AC	Resignation of Partha Bhowmick
	121-Haroa AC	Resignation of SK Nurul Islam
	236- Medinipur AC	Resignation of June Maliah
	251-Taldangra AC	Resignation of Arup Chakraborty

Bypolls 2024: Election Schedule

Poll Events	Date and Day (For all byelections except in 16-Nanded PC Maharashtra and 07-Kedarnath AC of Uttarakhand)	Date and Day (For 16-Nanded PC Maharashtra and 07-Kedarnath AC of Uttarakhand)
Date    of    Issue    of Gazette Notification	18.10.2024 (Friday)	22.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Last date of making nominations	25. 10.2024 (Friday)	29.10.2024 (Tuesday)
Date  for  scrutiny  of nominations	28. 10.2024 (Monday)	30.10.2024 (Wednesday)
Last date for the withdrawal of candidatures	30. 10.2024 (Wednesday)	04.11.2024 (Monday)
Date of Poll	13.11.2024 (Wednesday)	20.11.2024 (Wednesday)
Date of Counting	23.11.2024 (Saturday)
Date before which election shall be completed	25.11.2024 (Monday)

The byelection for the Wayanad parliamentary seat coincides with the first phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections on November 13. Meanwhile, the Nanded Lok Sabha seat and the Kedarnath assembly constituency will hold byelections on November 20, aligned with the Maharashtra assembly polls and the second phase of the Jharkhand elections.

The Wayanad Lok Sabha seat was vacated by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who chose to retain the Rae Bareli seat. The Nanded Lok Sabha seat became vacant following the death of MP Vasant Chavan. Similarly, TMC MP from Basirhat, Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam, recently passed away. Rahul’s sibling Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is expected to contest from Wayanad.