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Important
dates
End
of
campaigning:
October
13
Date
of
polling:
October
15
Date
of
counting:
October
19
Interesting Facts
Total
candidates:
4119
Male:
3843
Female:
276
Number
of
constituencies:
288
General:234
SC:29
ST:25
Chinchwad
is
the
larget
constituency
(Electorate
wise)
It
has
483,080
electors.
Wadala is the smallest Assembly constituency.(Electorate wise). It has 196,859 electors.
Number
of
electors:
Male:
44,026,401
Female:39,363,011
Others:984
There are 91,376 polling stations in all with 584,617 polling personnel deployed.
Total
candidates:
Congress:
278
BJP:280
Shiv
Sena:282
MNS:219
BSP:260
NCP:287
Party leaders:
NCP:
Ajit
Pawar
fighting
from
Baramati
Congress:
Prithviraj
Chavan
fighting
from
South
Karad
BJP:
Devendra
Fadnavis
contesting
from
Nagpur
(South
West)
Shiv
Sena:
Uddhav
Thackeray
who
is
not
contesting
the
polls
MNS:
Raj
Thackeray,
he
also
chose
not
to
enter
the
poll
fray
The
main
parties
in
the
fray
Congress
Strength:
The
party
has
been
ruling
the
State
since
2009
and
has
experience
of
ruling
the
State.
Prithviraj
Chavan,
known
for
his
'clean
image' is
leading
the
party.
Weakness:
The
Congress
is
dealing
with
anti-incumbency
factor.
Corruption
marred
stint
of
the
Congress
may
prove
hurdle
Solely
dependent
on
Chavan
who
is
termed
as
'in-efficient
CM
by
his
rivals.
BJP
Strength:
Though
the
party
lost
in
previous
Assembly
polls,but
its
specatular
win
in
recently
concluded
Lok
Sabha
polls
has
boosted
the
morale
of
the
party.
The
party
is
confident
of
sweeping
the
polls
single-handedly.
Incumbency
factor
is
in
favour
of
BJP.
Weakness:
It
lacks
crowd-pulling
mass
leader.
Mainly
fighting
election
riding
on
Modi
wave.
Shiv
Sena
Strengths:
Its
main
strength
is
its
charismatic
leader
Balasaheb
Thackeray
and
the
Shivaji
legacy.
The
party
has
been
wooing
voters
playing
Maratha
card.
Weakness:
Absence
of
mass
leader
and
a
crowd
puller.
Mild
nature
of
its
current
chief
Uddhav
and
his
inexperience
in
handling
political
matter.
Last
Assembly
election
(2009)
Voter
Turnout:
60%
Number
of
candidates:
3,559
including
211
women
Electors:
Male
3,97,34,776,
Female
3,60,76,469,
Total
7,58,11,245
Polling
stations:
84,136
Constituency
with
maximum
candidates:
Aurangabad
East
-
28
Constituency
with
minimum
number
of
candidates:
Dahanu
(ST)
and
Islampur
-
4
each
Results:
Congress
won
82
out
of
169
seats
NCP
:
62
of
the
114
seats
BJP
:46
out
of
119
Shiv
Sena
won
45
out
of
160
seats
MNS
managed
to
win
13
out
of
145
Independent:
24
Lok
Sabha
polls
2014
verdict
BJP
won
23
seats
Congress
2
seats
NCP
got
4
While,
Shiv
Sena
18
