Maharashtra Assembly Elections: Why was Wednesday chosen for voting in Maharashtra? Election Commission gave the reason

New Delhi: The Election Commission has announced the dates of Maharashtra Assembly elections today. Voting will be held on 288 assembly seats of Maharashtra in a single phase on November 20. It is Wednesday 20th November. Election Commission told why they chose Wednesday only for voting in Maharashtra?

Why was only Wednesday chosen for voting?

The Election Commission said that Wednesday was the polling day deliberately chosen because people could not associate it with the weekend. The Election Commission is trying to increase the decreasing interest of urban voters in voting by keeping the voting day on Wednesday. Let us tell you that voting is often held on Friday and Monday. In such a situation, many people leave voting and go out for a walk, linking it with weekend leave. Due to which the voting percentage decreases significantly. In view of this problem, the Election Commission in Maharashtra has decided to conduct voting on Wednesday.

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 Schedule: When and what will happen?

• Gadget Notification: October 22
• Last date of nomination: 29 October
• Scrutiny of nomination: 30 October
• Last date for withdrawal of nomination: 04 November
• Voting date – 20 November
• Election result: 23 November

How many total voters in Maharashtra?

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that there are a total of 9.63 crore voters in Maharashtra. Of these, there are 4.97 crore male and 4.66 crore female voters. This time 20.93 lakh people will vote for the first time. Out of which 12.43 lakh voters are above 85 years of age. There are 6,031 transgender voters and 1.85 crore youth voters in the age group of 20 to 29 years. This year, 1,00,186 polling stations will be set up in Maharashtra. Like last time, this time too we will set up booths run by disabled people and women. Along with this, arrangements for chairs or benches will also be made in the middle of the polling line for voters. So that if there is too much crowd or if they get tired of standing in the queue, they can sit on the chair or bench.