Lok Sabha elections 2024 were held in seven phases span over one and a half month beginning April 19 while the last phase was held on June 1. Counting of votes will take place on June 4.
Maharashtra voted in the first five phases during the Lok Sabha elections 2024. The key contest in this state is between Mahayuthi alliance led by NDA and opposition's Maha Vikas Aghadi.
Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit Poll Highlights: Maharashtra went for polls in the first phases of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections till May 20, and its results will be declared on June 4. The BJP-led NDA is slightly ahead of the MVA coalition due to a strong fight by Uddhav's Sena.
Meghana Kirtikar, wife of sitting Shiv Sena MP Gajanan Kirtikar, publicly expressed her disapproval of her husband's decision to join Chief Minister Eknath Shinde's faction.
Attacking the BJP, Aaditya Thackeray said that he believes it's the only organisation that was doing politics during the Covid time also, planning on how to break a party when the CM was in hospital. But the problem I have is not that they broke Shiv Sena or NCP, but what the state gained from this.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after 80 in Uttar Pradesh. Out of the 48 seats, voting has been completed in 24 in the first three phases of elections. Polling for the fifth and final phase covering 13 seats will take place on May 20.
Raj Thackeray claimed that 'fatwas' are being issued from the mosques to vote for Congress and Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena UBT. He appealed to the Hindu voters to come out in large numbers and vote for the BJP allies in the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections.
Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut had drawn a parallel between Aurangzeb and PM Narendra Modi, stating that the Mughal Emperor "who was born in Gujarat" was "buried in Maharashtra". PM Modi hit back at the party during his rally in Maharashtra's Nandurbar.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut made controversial statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Ahmednagar public meeting. He drawn comparison between PM and Aurangzeb based on their birthplace Gujarat.
In his controversial speech during election campaigning in Ahmednagar, he likened PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Maharashtra news: Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second-largest after Uttar Pradesh. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP won 23 out of 25 seats it contested in alliance with the undivided Shiv Sena.
A total of 2.09 crore persons were eligible to vote for 258 candidates in the third phase, for which 23,036 polling centres were set up, an election official said. There were 1,07,64,741 male voters, 1,02,26,946 female voters and 929 from the third gender.
Uddhav Thackeray claimed that there will be crackers burst in India as well as China if the BJP wins elections as there will be a “timid” government in New Delhi.
Former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, along with his wife and daughter, joined Shiv Sena in the presence of Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde. Nirupam expressed his decision, likening it to a 'ghar wapasi' after 20 years.
The political landscape in Mumbai is charged with anticipation as the parties gear up for the electoral tussle. Each faction is strategising and mobilising its resources to secure victory in the Lok Sabha elections. Mumbai will go to polls on May 20.
The Lok Sabha elections will be held in three more phases in Maharashtra - on May 7, 13 and 20. The voting was held earlier in two phases wherein the state recorded voter turnouts of 63.70 per cent and 59.63 per cent respectively.
Maharashtra is voting in the first five phases during the Lok Sabha elections. Polling on 13 Lok Sabha seats has already concluded in the first two phases.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Former Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam was seeking a ticket from Mumbai North West. Nirupam, who was eyeing the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency, was miffed with the Congress for allowing the Shiv Sena (UBT) to take the seat for the parliamentary polls.
The manifesto laid out a detailed set of commitments aimed at tackling a spectrum of issues, spanning from economic progress to environmental preservation. Eight seats in Maharashtra will go to polls in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls on Friday.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voters in 88 constituencies will use their franchise on April 26 in the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. 13 states and Union Territories including UP, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam and Bihar will go to polls in the second phase.
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