Mumbai News Live Updates: Voting across all 288 seats is scheduled for November 20. (Express Archive/Representative)
Mumbai News Live Updates: Candidate filing for the single-term assembly elections in Maharashtra ends today. Candidates have until November 4 to withdraw their names. Voting for all 288 seats is scheduled for November 20th, with vote counting to take place on November 23rd. As of October 28, a total of 4,426 nomination papers have been submitted by 3,259 candidates for 288 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. To the election administrator. The Model Code of Conduct for Elections came into force on October 15th.
New candidates for Congress: In a strategic realignment, the National Congress party announced three new candidates on Monday night. In Kolhapur North, Rajesh Latkal will be replaced by Madhurimaraj Chhatrapati. Sajid Khan has been nominated for the Akola West seat while Heera Devashi will be challenging the BJP candidate Congress leader Rahul Narvekar in Colaba. Chetan Narote will represent the Congress in Solapur city central constituency and its ally CPM is also seeking the same seat, with former CPM MLA Narsaiya Adamu having already filed its candidate.
Shinde Sena 3rd list: Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena on Monday named the first of 15 candidates, which includes four names from Shaina NC and the BJP, including Sanjana Jadhav, daughter of BJP leader and former Union Minister Raosaheb Dambe. The third list has been announced.
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