Maharashtra

Bye Election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council

The seat of Shri Navnath Bhaurao Ahvad, a member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, has been lying vacant since 18th July 2008. The seat has been declared vacant in accordance with the provisions of clause (4) of Article 190 of the Constitution, before the completion of his term of office which was till 7th July, 2010.

In view of this, the election commision has decided to hold bye-election to the Maharashtra Legislative Council by the Members of Legislative Assembly from 23rd October, 2008 (Thursday) to 25th October (Saturday). The schedule of the entire program is given below:

Maharashtra Bye-Election Schedule
Issue of Notifications 6th October, 2008 (Monday)
Last date of making nominations 13th October, 2008 (Monday)
Scrutiny of nominations 14th October, 2008 (Tuesday)
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 16th October, 2008 (Thursday)
Date of poll 23rd October, 2008 (Thursday)
Hours of poll 9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M
Counting of Votes 23rd October,2008 (Thursday) at 5.00 PM
Date before which election shall be completed 25th October, 2008 (Saturday)


Constituencies in Maharashtra
1 - Nandurbar 2 - Dhule 3 - Jalgaon
4 - Raver 5 - Buldhana 6 - Akola
7 - Amravati 8 - Wardha 9 - Ramtek
10 - Nagpur 11 - Bhandara - Gondiya 12 - Gadchiroli - Chimur
13 - Chandrapur 14 - Yavatmal - Washim 15 - Hingoli
16 - Nanded 17 - Parbhani 18 - Jalna
19 - Aurangabad 20 - Dindori 21 - Nashik
22 - Palghar 23 - Bhiwandi 24 - Kalyan
25 - Thane 26 - Mumbai North 27 - Mumbai North West
28 - Mumbai North East 29 - Mumbai North Central 30 - Mumbai South Central
31 - Mumbai South 32 - Raigad 33 - Maval
34 - Pune 35 - Baramati 36 - Shirur
37 - Ahmednagar 38 - Shirdi 39 - Beed
40 - Osmanabad 41 - Latur 42 - Solapur
43 - Madha 44 - Sangli 45 - Satara
46 - Ratnagiri - Sindhudurg 47 - Kolhapur 48 - Hatkanangle




General Elections 2004
Constituencies in Maharashtra Partywise Position in Maharashtra


Partywise Position in Maharashtra

Details of PCs
Total PCs 48
PCs for which Elections are being held 48
PCs for which results are available 48

Electors and Voters
Total Electors 62992047
Polling Stations 62476
Polling %age 54.38

Number of Candidates
National Parties State Parties State Parties-Other States Other Reg. Parties Independents Total Contestants
120 22 18 101 151 412

Party Constituencies
Contesting Won
BJP 26 13
BSP 46 0
CPI 1 0
CPM 3 0
INC 26 13
NCP 18 9
SHS 22 12
JD(S) 1 0
MUL 1 0
RLD 2 0
SP 14 0
ABHM 4 0
ABHS 1 0
ABJS 2 0
ARP 7 0
BBM 16 0
BMSM 3 0
GGP 6 0
HEAP 1 0
HJP 4 0
IJP 1 0
JP 2 0
KKJHS 3 0
LRP 8 0
MRRC 1 0
NLP 5 0
NSTP 1 0
PRBP 1 0
PRCP 7 0
PRP 1 0
PWPI 3 0
RPI 1 0
RPI(A) 1 1
RPI(D) 1 0
RSNP 1 0
RSPS 12 0
SVRP 4 0
VJC 1 0
VJP 1 0
VRP 1 0
VVP 1 0
IND 151 0
TOTAL 412 48