THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Mumbai, Oct 29: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has released its fourth list of candidates for the Maharashtra Assembly elections, announcing two names.
Devendra Mahadevrao Bhuyar has been fielded from the Morshi Assembly seat, while Shankar Hiraman Mandekar will contest from the Bhor Assembly seat.
Previously, the NCP had issued three lists, naming a total of 49 candidates. With this fourth list, the party has now announced 51 candidates in total.
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Elections for Maharashtra’s 288 Assembly seats will be held in a single phase on November 20. Among these seats, 234 are General, 25 are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST), and 29 for Scheduled Castes (SC).
A total of 9.63 crore voters will exercise their right to vote, including 4.97 crore men and 4.66 crore women. There are 20.93 lakh first-time voters.
A total of 1,00,186 polling stations will be set up across 57,789 areas, with 42,604 in urban areas and 57,582 in rural areas. The election results will be announced on November 23.