Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Schools Closed On THESE Days for Teachers' Poll Duty

Mumbai: Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 are round corner and ahe of polls, state education department has announced a school holiday across state for three days as many teachers will be on poll duty. Here's all you need to know…

Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Schools Closed for 3 Days

As mentioned earlier, Maharashtra education department has announced closure of schools in lieu of upcoming Maharashtra Elections. educational institutions in Maharashtra will remain shut for a total of three days, i.e. November 18, 19 and 20, 2024.

announcement has been me because several teachers across schools will be on poll duty and buildings of many schools will also be used for polling. 

Maharashtra Schools Closed: Check List of Holidays

students of Maharashtra schools have got a long weekend as schools will remain closed for a total of six days including election holiday. Here's complete list of holidays - 

1. November 15 - Guru Nanak Jayanti
2. November 16 - Saturday (weekend)
3. November 17 - Sunday
4. November 18 - Maharashtra Assembly Elections
5. November 19 - Maharashtra Assembly Elections
6. November 20 - Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: All You Need to Know

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 will be held on November 20, 2024. A total of 4,136 candidates are in fray for November 20 Maharashtra assembly elections, a rise of 27.7 per cent over number five years ago.

re are as many as 2,086 independent contenders among m. Election Commission on Thursday me available final figures of each party's candidates after withdrawals and rejections at scrutiny stage even as campaigning is underway in full swing. political landscape is quite fragmented with Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party splitting up in last two years. assembly has a total of 288 seats.

Of ruling Mahayuti alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded 149 candidates, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has fielded 81 candidates, and deputy CM Ajit Pawar-led NCP has fielded 59. In Opposition Maha Vikas Aghi, Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) led by Uddhav Thackeray has 95 candidates in fray and NCP (Sharchandra Pawar) has 86 candidates.

In some constituencies, re would be friendly fights between allies. Of smaller parties, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded 237 candidates and All India Majlis-e-Ittehul Muslimeen (AIMIM) has 17 candidates in fray. 

(Inputs from PTI)