Mumbai: Ahead of ensuing Maharashtra polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) declared 798 out of the total 5543 nominations invalid. A total of 4745 candidates have received a nod from the election watchdog to contest polls. The final list of the candidates and the symbol allotted to them will be issued after the deadline for the candidates to withdraw their nomination ends on October 7.

Maharashtra will go to polls on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24. The last date of filing nomination papers is October 4, while the date for their scrutiny is October 5.

Maharashtra has a total of 288 assembly seats. The Election Commission of India has announced single-phase voting for Maharashtra