2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
October 2024
All 288 members of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
145 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
Eknath Shinde and Devendra Fadnavis with PM Narendra Modi_Cropped(2).jpg
Prithviraj Chavan with Hon'ble President.jpg
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Leader Devendra Fadnavis Prithviraj Chavan Ajit Pawar
Party BJP INC NCP(AP)
Alliance NDA MVA NDA
Leader's seat Nagpur South West Karad South Baramati
Current seats 104 45 40
Seats needed Increase 41 Increase 100 Increase 105
 
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The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg
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Leader Eknath Shinde Uddhav Thackeray Jayant Patil
Party SHS SS(UBT) NCP
Alliance NDA MVA MVA
Leader's seat Kopri-Pachpakhadi Did not contest Islampur
Current seats 40 17 13
Seats needed Increase 105 Increase 128 Increase 132
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly constituencies
Incumbent Chief Minister

Eknath Shinde
SHS


The 2024 Maharashtra Legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held in or before October 2024 to elect all 288 members of the state's Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

Background

The previous Assembly elections were held in October 2019. The Bharatiya Janata Party led alliance NDA[3] got a clear majority to form government but due to internal conflict, Shiv Sena left the alliance (NDA) and form a new alliance with Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress called MVA[4] and form the state government, with Uddhav Thackeray becoming chief minister. After 2022 Maharashtra political crisis, Eknath Shinde along with 40 MLAs formed government with BJP. Eknath Shinde became the new chief minister. After 2023 Maharashtra political crisis, Ajit Pawar faction of Nationalist Congress Party also joined the government.

Schedule

Poll Event Schedule
Notification Date TBD
Last Date for filing nomination TBD
Scrutiny of nomination TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination TBD
Date of Poll TBD
Date of Counting of Votes TBD

Parties and alliances

Party/Alliance Flag Symbol Leader Portrait Seats contested
National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party Devendra Fadnavis TBD TBD
Shiv Sena Eknath Shinde
Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar) Ajit Pawar
Prahar Janshakti Party Bachchu Kadu
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Mahadev Jankar
Jan Surajya Shakti Vinay Kore
Republican Party of India (Athawale) Ramdas Athawale
Maha Vikas Aghadi Indian National Congress Prithviraj Chavan TBD
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) Uddhav Thackeray
Nationalist Congress Party Jayant Patil
Samajwadi Party Abu Azmi
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Vinod Bhiva Nikole
Peasants and Workers Party of India Jayant Prabhakar Patil
Swabhimani Paksha Raju Shetti
Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Prakash Ambedkar
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Raj Thackeray
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Imtiyaz Jaleel
Bahujan Vikas Aghadi Hitendra Thakur
Bahujan Samaj Party Adv Sandeep Tajne

References

  1. ↑ "MVA will win State elections in 2024, Uddhav Thackeray to be CM again': Awhad quotes Sharad Pawar as saying". Hindustan Times. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "No chance of alliance with Shiv Sena for 2024 Assembly polls: Maharashtra BJP chief". The Indian Express. 2 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "NDA: What is left of NDA after Akali Dal, Shiv Sena exit: Saamana - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Ahmed Patel played a significant role in formation of MVA govt: Uddhav Thackeray". Hindustan Times. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
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