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.