Voting in Jammu and Kashmir from September 18, in Haryana on October 1: results on October 4; elections in Maharashtra after festivals, no mention of Jharkhand

The Election Commission on Friday (August 16) announced the dates for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. Voting will be held in 3 phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1 for 90 assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Voting will be held on October 1 in a single phase on all 90 seats in Haryana. The results of both the states will come on October 4. Assembly elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir after 10 years. This will be the first assembly election after the removal of Article 370. CEC Rajiv Kumar said – Elections will be held later in Maharashtra due to the festival. He did not mention Jharkhand. The term of the Haryana government is ending on November 3, Maharashtra on November 26 and Jharkhand on January 5. Phase and seat wise election schedule of both the states … Chief Election Commissioner said – Three gentlemen are back … 4 things 1. Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said, ‘Three gentlemen are back. Lok Sabha elections were conducted peacefully. The whole country celebrated the festival of elections. Long queues were seen, elderly, youth went to cast their votes. The country saw a living example of democracy. 2. The picture that India showed to the world was astonishing. The brilliance that we saw will be visible for a long time. Whenever there will be elections anywhere in the world, you will remember your country and will keep reminding you of our strength. In Jammu and Kashmir, all the political parties we talked to were of the opinion that elections should be held as soon as possible. 3. Do you remember that the long queues at the polling booth were the strength of democracy. The glimpse of hope and democracy shows that the people want to change their fate themselves. People want to be a part of changing the future of the country. 4. By-elections on 46 assembly seats across the country will be announced when the time comes. By-elections cannot be held right now on Wayanad seat due to natural disaster. Voting will be held there on time. Jammu and Kashmir: The term of the new government will be 5 years instead of 6 years. The Supreme Court had ordered to conduct elections in Jammu and Kashmir by 30 September 2024. This will be the first assembly election after the removal of Article 370 from the state. The central government removed Article 370 on 5 August 2019. Since then LG Manoj Sinha is the administrator here. After the elections, the term of the new government will be 5 years instead of 6 years. Kashmiri leader said, today is a very happy day Haryana: 2 crore voters, 4.52 lakh will vote for the first time Maharashtra and Jharkhand are also going to have elections this year State: Maharashtra Government: Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), BJP and NCP (Ajit faction) Term ends: 23 November 2024 NDA got 201 seats in 2019 assembly, Mahavikas Aghadi got 67 seats Elections were held in 2019 for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra. BJP became the largest party in the state with 106 MLAs. Shiv Sena and BJP could not reach a consensus over the post of Chief Minister. Shiv Sena with 56 MLAs formed the Mahavikas Aghadi government along with Congress with 44 MLAs and NCP with 53 MLAs. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray became the Chief Minister. In May 2022, Urban Development Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde rebelled with 39 MLAs in the Maharashtra government. Later he joined the BJP. On June 30, 2022, Eknath Shinde took oath as the 20th Chief Minister of Maharashtra. With this, the Shiv Sena party split into two factions. One faction was formed of Shinde faction and the other of Uddhav faction. On February 17, 2023, the Election Commission ordered that the name of the party ‘Shiv Sena’ and the election symbol of the party ‘bow and arrow’ will remain with the Eknath Shinde faction. On July 2, 2023, Ajit Pawar joined the Shinde government of Maharashtra along with 8 MLAs of NCP. Ajit was made Deputy CM in the coalition government. Jharkhand: JMM, Congress and RJD formed a grand alliance government in the 2019 assembly elections
Government: JMM-Congress government
Term ends: 4 January 2025
Possible elections: October 2024 Elections were held in 2019 in the 81-member assembly of the state. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha formed the government with the alliance. 43 MLAs are needed for a majority in the 81-member Jharkhand Assembly. Currently, the alliance has 46 MLAs. JMM has 26, Congress has 18, RJD has one and CPI (ML) has one MLA. Hemant Soren became the Chief Minister of the state. At the same time, 7 assembly seats of the state are vacant. On January 31, Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren was arrested in the land scam. Before his arrest, he had resigned from the post of CM. Champai Soren was made the Chief Minister in his place. On June 28, the Jharkhand High Court granted bail to Hemant Soren. After this Champai Soren resigned from the post of CM. On July 4, Hemant took oath as the CM of Jharkhand for the third time.