When will the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 be held?

Maharashtra Election 2024 Date: As the term of the current Maharashtra State Assembly is scheduled to end in 2024, here is everything you need to know about Maharashtra assembly elections in 2024.

By: Express Web Desk

Updated: March 16, 2024 08:56 PM IST

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Maharashtra Election 2024: As the term of the current Maharashtra State Assembly is scheduled to end in 2024, here is everything you need to know about Maharashtra assembly elections in 2024.

Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: As the term of the current Maharashtra State Assembly is scheduled to end in 2024, here is everything you need to know about Maharashtra assembly elections in 2024. (Express Photo: Prashant Nadkar)

Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024 Schedule: India is gearing up to hold elections in 2024, involving general elections to elect members of the 18th Lok Sabha and legislative assembly elections in multiple states. Maharashtra is one of the eight states scheduled to hold legislative assembly elections in the current year.

From witnessing unexpected coalition formation to internal party disputes and defections within the ruling coalition that challenged the stability of the government, the Maharashtra state assembly experienced significant political crises marked by shifts in alliances and power in the last few years.

Here is everything you need to know about it and the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections in 2024.

When will the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 be held?

The term of the current Maharashtra State Assembly is scheduled to end in 2024, with the next legislative assembly election expected to be held in or before October 2024 to elect all 288 members of the state’s legislative assembly. However, the Election Commission of India has yet to confirm or announce the dates for the electoral polls.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The present scenario

Following Uddhav Thackeray’s resignation in 2022, the Maharashtra State Assembly is now led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, with Devendra Fadnavis serving as Deputy Chief Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) playing a key role in the current government structure in Maharashtra.

The government successfully won a trust vote in the State Legislative Assembly, receiving 164 votes, with the opposition, Maha Vikas Aghadi, securing 99 votes.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: A recap

Subsequently, the Shiv Sena formed a government with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Indian National Congress, marking a significant shift in the state’s political landscape and leading to the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition government.

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In the 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, a 61.4% voter turnout led to a majority win for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), comprising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena, which led to the formation of a coalition as they fell short of a clear majority to form the government independently.

However, disagreements on government formation and power sharing, including the Chief Minister’s post, led to the dissolution of this alliance and a subsequent political stalemate, with the president’s rule being imposed in November 2019.

A brief tenure saw Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister, respectively, before they resigned prior to the floor test on November 28, 2019.

As a result, the Maha Vikas Aghadi, a new coalition of Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress, formed the government with Uddhav Thackeray as Chief Minister. However, this arrangement ended in June 2022 when MLAs led by Eknath Shinde allied with the BJP, leading to his swearing-in as Chief Minister and Devendra Fadnavis as Deputy Chief Minister.

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