Maharashtra assembly elections 2024: 33 contestants in Nanded North seat

The Nanded North seat in Maharashtra has the highest number of 33 candidates in the fray while Shahada in Nandurbar district has the lowest three contestants as per figures provided by the Election Commission ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 reported news agency PTIThere are 4140 candidates in the fray for the total 288 Maharashtra assembly seats which will go to polls on November 20 it said reported PTIMaharashtra has more than 97 crore voters of whom 2222704 are in the age group of 1819 years an Election Commission EC official on Tuesday said citing updated electoral rolls ahead of the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 reported PTIAs per the electoral rolls updated on October 30 the state has 97025119 voters including 50022739 men and 44996279 women reported PTIThe state has 6101 transgender voters 641 lakh divyang persons with disabilities and 116 lakh service electors said Maharashtras Chief Electoral Officer CEO S Chockalingam reported PTIIn order to boost voter turnout the poll body will set up 1181 polling stations in highrises and residential complexes in Mumbai Thane and Pune he saidSimilarly 210 polling stations will be established in slums the CEO saidThere are enough EVMs in the state For 100186 polling stations there are 221600 ballot units 121886 control units and 132094 VVPATs he informed reported PTIFor the states 288 assembly seats there are 142 general observers 41 police observers and 71 expenditure supervisors the CEO saidCounting of votes will take place on November 23Maharashtra BJP expels 40 rebel leaders ahead of Maharashtra assembly elections 2024Amid the ongoing tussle between Mahayuti allies over seatsharing Bharatiya Janata Party BJP on Tuesday expelled 40 leaders and office bearers across 37 assembly constituencies for going against the party line reported ANIDespite holding the office bearer post in Bharatiya Janata Party BJP you have worked to violate party discipline Such actions are a breach of party discipline and you are being expelled from the party immediately the release signed by Maharashtra BJP office secretary Mukul Kulkarni said reported ANIThe saffron party released the names of 40 leaders including Ashok Pangarkar from the Jalna assembly constituency Vishal Prabhakar Parab from Sawantwadi Mayur Kapse from Jalgaon City Jagdish Gupta from Amravati Shrikant Karle from Dhule Rural among others reported ANIKarle recently filed a nomination from Dhule Rural as an Independent candidate This comes days after Maharashtra BJP President Chandrashekhar Bawankule said that the party leaders will make efforts to convince the rebels to withdraw their nomination as an Independent candidate by November 4Earlier Senior BJP leader Gopal Shetty on Monday withdrew his candidature from the Boriwali assembly seat in north Mumbai Shetty a twotime MP from the north Mumbai Lok Sabha constituency had rebelled against the BJP after the party gave a ticket to Sanjay UpadhyayWith inputs from PTI and ANI