Counting of votes for Assembly Elections in Maharashtra & Jharkhand underway

The counting of votes begins in Maharashtra and Jharkhand for the Legislative Assembly Elections. Polling for the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly took place on 20th November.

Postal ballots will be counted first, followed by votes cast on EVMs, which will begin at 8:30 AM. A total of 288 counting centres have been set up across the state for the assembly elections, with a separate centre established for the Nanded Lok Sabha constituency.

Additionally, 288 observers have been deployed to oversee the assembly vote counting, while two observers will supervise the counting process for the Nanded Lok Sabha seat.

Elaborate security arrangements have been put in place to ensure a smooth and orderly counting process. Central, state, and local security forces are stationed at the counting



centres. All necessary measures have been taken as Maharashtra’s election season nears its conclusion with the announcement of the results.

Counting also begins for bypoll to two Lok Sabha constituencies and 46 Assembly seat constituencies of 13 states today. The Lok Sabha seats are Wayanad in Kerala and Nanded in Maharashtra.

Counting will be held for nine Assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh, Seven seats of Rajasthan, Six seats of West Bengal, Five seats of Assam, Four seats each of Bihar and Punjab, three seats of Karnataka, two seats each of Madhya Pradesh and Kerala and one seat each in Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Meghalaya and Uttarakhand. In Sikkim the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha had won the two assembly seats, Soreng-Chakhung and Namchi-Singhithang unopposed.