Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Campaign for second phase of LS polling in Maha concludes

Campaign for second phase of LS polling in Maha concludes

Campaign for the second phase of
polling in Maharashtra where nearly 3.25 crore voters will be
sealing the fate of 358 candidates including stalwarts like
Union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, ex-Chief Minister Ashok
Chavan and BJP leader Gopinath Munde, came to an end today.
About 3,24,27,558 electorate in 19 constituencies of
western Maharashtra, Marathwada, Konkan will cast their votes
in the state on April 17.
Ten constituencies of Vidarbha went to polls in the first
phase on April 10 and more than 60 per cent electorate have
cast their votes.
In the second phase, there are 358 candidates in fray,
including 24 women and 201 independents.
The voters in the second phase include 1,69,54,391 men
and 1,53,77,605 women. There are 306 voters in the others
category and 95,256 in the service category.
The constituencies which will go to polls are - Hingoli,
Nanded, Beed, Parbhani, Osmanabad and Latur in Marathwada,
Pune, Baramati, Shirur, Maval, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara,
Kolhapur, Hathkanangale in Western Maharashtra, Shirdi,
Ahmednagar in North Maharashtra and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg in
Konkan.
The generation next of Maharashtra politics - Supriya
Sule (Baramati) and Nilesh Rane (Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg) - are
seeking a second term.
Indian Youth Congress chief Rajiv Satav, who is currently
a legislator, is seeking to enter Lok Sabha from Hingoli.
Vishwajit Kadam, who is the state Youth Congress chief
and son of Congress veteran Patangrao Kadam, is also making
foray from Pune.
Beed constituency has maximum 39 candidates, while
Baramati has the lowest nine.
The largest constituency electorate wise is Maval with
19,46,127 voters. The smallest constituency electorate wise is
Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg (13,63,957).

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