Once a Congress stronghold, Maharashtra's coastal belt has shifted politically, with the Shiv Sena rising to prominence. Now divided into rival factions led by CM Eknath Shinde and former CM Uddhav Thackeray, the region is poised to play a crucial role in the upcoming elections.
18 October,2024 12:07 PM IST | Mumbai | Anisha ShrivastavaParties had fallen out just ahead of the 2014 Assembly polls; Sena now hopes to share CM's term
12 June,2019 08:08 AM IST | Mumbai | Dharmendra JoreThe party has fielded Ratan Patil from Kalyan Rural, Prakash Bhoir from Kalyan (West) Prakash Murtadak from Nashik (East), Sandeep Deshpande from Mahim among others
02 October,2019 07:33 PM IST | AgenciesSenior party leader Nitin Raut, who heads the party's SC department, has been fielded from the Nagpur North (reserved) constituency
29 September,2019 07:43 PM IST | PTIElections for the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra will take place on October 21, while the results will be announced on October 24
21 September,2019 03:30 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentWith padyatris serving as their infantry, energetic bike rallies and door-to-door visits, candidates contesting the assembly polls gave it their all to impress voters on the last day of campaigning yesterday
14 October,2014 04:32 AM IST | Priyanka DeshpandeThe total number of woman candidates — 276 — is a dismal 6.7 per cent of the total candidates in the fray; only 60% of these have been fielded by parties and the rest are Independent candidates
14 October,2014 06:03 AM IST | Ravikiran DeshmukhThe returning officer of the constituency called cops after his booth level officer told him locals had forcefully snatched the voting slips from him; slips were later found with the booth officer itself
14 October,2014 11:26 AM IST | Chetna SadadekarThe scourge of paid news has affected the upcoming Assembly polls as well.
14 October,2014 06:33 AM IST | Chetna SadadekarDuring the LS polls, six lakh people from the city had complained that they had not been able to vote because their names weren’t in the voters’ list; the EC has ensured that no names have been deleted in the last 2 months and 90% of voters have their photos in the list so they don’t have to bring ID cards
14 October,2014 06:48 AM IST | Laxman SinghADVERTISEMENT