Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Schedule, dates, phases, seats and all you need to know

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Schedule and Date: Voting has concludedin the west Indian state of Maharashtra. The process in the statewas held in five phasesbetween April 19 and May 20.

Maharashtra has the second-highest number of Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament) seats.Out of the 543 seats for which the election wasconductedthis year, Maharashtra has 48, the second-highest after Uttar Pradeshwhichhas 80.

The results,like the rest of the country, will be announced on June 4.

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When is the Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024?

In Maharashtra, the elections were held in five phases: April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, and May 20.

Phase 1 (April 19)

Ramtek (SC)
Nagpur
Bhandara-Gondiya
Gadchiroli-Chimur (ST)
Chandrapur

Phase 2 (April 26)

Buldhana
Akola
Amravati
Wardha
Yavatmal-Washim
Hingoli
Nanded
Parbhani

Phase 3 (May 7)

Raigad
Baramati
Osmanabad
Latur (SC)
Solapur (SC)
Madha
Sangli
Satara
Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg
Kolhapur
Hatkanangle

Phase 4 (May 13)

Nandurbar (ST)
Jalgaon
Raver
Jalna
Aurangabad
Maval
Pune
Shirur
Ahmednagar
Shirdi (SC)
Beed

Phase 5 (May 20)

Dhule
Dindori (ST)
Nashik
Palghar (ST)
Bhiwandi
Kalyan
Thane
Mumbai North
Mumbai North-West
Mumbai North-East
Mumbai North-Central
Mumbai South-Central
Mumbai South

Maharashtra Politics

The Indian state has seen a major shift in alliances and parties, particularly since 2014 when the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA alliance came into power at the Centre following the general elections.

In 2014, the state also held Legislative Assembly elections where Shiv Sena and the BJP had formed a coalition and the ruling party won the most seats.

Prior to that, a coalition government with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Indian National Congress (INC) ruled the state.

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In 2022, Maharashtra witnessed a high-stakes political crisis when Shiv Sena – founded by the late Balasaheb Thackeray – member Eknath Shinde cross-voted for the BJP and later broke up the party.

Eventually, Shinde joined the ruling party and formed a BJP-Shiv Sena coalition government in Maharashtra. He also managedto retain the Shiv Sena name and party symbol. In January, his faction was recognised by the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar as the “real Shiv Sena”.

Uddhav Thackeray, former CM who led the party when Shinde was also a member, changed his faction’s name to Shiv Sena (UBT) and its symbol to a flaming torch.

In 2023, Ajit Pawar, once a member of the NCP – founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar – left the party with several MLAs and joined the BJP-Shiv Sena government led by Shinde. In February 2024, the ECI awarded the original name and the symbol to the faction led by Ajit.

Therefore, the faction led by Sharad Pawar was named NCP (Sharad Chandra Pawar) or NCP (SCP) and the party was allowed by the Supreme Court to use the ‘man blowing turha’ as the symbol for theelections.

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In this upcoming election, the race will be between two main alliances in the state:

Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA): Congress, Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT), and NCP (SCP)

Mahayuti alliance: BJP, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar’s NCP.

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024: List of Candidates and Constituencies

Satyajeet Patil (Shiv Sena (UBT))

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district has two parliamentary Constituencies – Aurangabad and Jalna.

Complete list available here

(With inputs from agencies)