2019 Haryana Assembly Election - Election Commission of India(ECI)announces poll date Oct 21 and counting date Oct 24,2019 Saturday Sep 21,2019

Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will take place on October 21 and the results will be declared on October 24 in a single phase, the Election Commission of India(ECI)announced on Saturday Sep 21,2019

“In Maharashtra and Haryana, the notification will be issued on September 27. The last date of filing nominations is October 4. Polling will be held on October 21 while counting will take place on October 24,” Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said
Maharashtra, which has a total of 288 assembly seats, will see a direct contest between the ruling BJP-Shiva Sena combine and Congress-NCP alliance.

Whereas, in 90-member Haryana assembly, the ruling BJP will aim to fend off Congress to secure a second term.

Both Maharashtra and Haryana, where the term of the assembly ends on November 9 and November 2, respectively, are the first states to go to polls after the Lok Sabha elections.

With the announcements, the Model Code of Conduct has come into effect in the two states

The ECI also announced the date of bye-elections in 64 constituencies across the country. “Bye-elections to the 64 constituencies across Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh will also be held on October 21; counting of votes will take place on October 24,” CEC Arora said

How parties fared in 2014 assembly elections

Maharashtra

In the 2014 assembly polls,BJP-Shiv Sena alliance had captured power in Maharashtra by ousting the Congress-NCP combine, winning a total of 185 seats together. While BJP won 122 of them, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena secured 63 seats. Both the parties together had contested in 260 and 282 seats, respectively and recorded 63.38% voter turnout

Congress was only able to win 42 out of the 287 seats it contested, while NCP won 41 seats out of the 278 seats it contested. Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena fared poorly in 2014 by securing merely one seat.

Other parties such as Bahujan Vikas Aghadi and AIMIM won three and two seats, respectively.

BJP’s victory saw Devendra Fadnavis taking over as the Chief Minister in the state.

 

BJP and Shiv Sena, which had not formed a pre-poll alliance had joined hands after the results. On the other hand, Congress and NCP had contested the state elections separately

NCP’s Sharad Pawar had ended the 15-year alliance after the two parties had been unable to reach a seat-sharing arrangement.

Haryana

The 2014 Haryana assembly polls saw BJP winning the elections with 47 seats in the 90-member House. Whereas, INLD and Congress fell short at 19 and 15 seats, respectively. BJP’s ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and BSP won one seat each, while independents had bagged five seats.

The voter turnout in the state was recorded at 76.54% which became a new state record. Following BJP’s sweep, Manohar Lal Khattar was chosen to head the government in 2014.