MUMBAI/CHANDIGARH, Oct 20:
Polling will be held tomorrow to elect Maharashtra and Haryana Assemblies with the BJP and its allies seeking to retain power in the two States on the back of the recent Lok Sabha polls victory, while the opposition is hoping to turn the tide by taking advantage of any anti-incumbency.
Bypolls will also be held to 51 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 18 States.
In Maharashtra, where the ‘Mahayuti’ alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and smaller parties is against the ‘Maha-agadhi’ led by the Congress and the NCP, a total of 8,98,39,600 people, including 4,28,43,635 women, are eligible to vote.
As many as 3,237 candidates, including 235 women, are contesting in 288 seats and 96,661 polling booths are in place with 6.5 lakh staff for the voting exercise.
The ruling BJP is locked in a contest with the opposition Congress and the fledgling JJP for the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana which has over 1.83 crore voters, including 85 lakh women and 252 transgender, while 19,578 polling stations have been set up.
Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. Tight security arrangements have been made with deployment of more than three lakh personnel from State police and Central forces in Maharashtra, while over 75,000 security personnel have been mobilised in Haryana.
Counting of votes will be held on October 24. (PTI)
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