LiveMaharashtra Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti Polling LIVE: Voting underway in 12 districts

BJP MLA Rahul Kul and his wife Kanchan Rahul cast their votes at a polling booth in the Pune district. 

The Maharashtra State Election Commission has said that the voters can use the 'Matadhikar' mobile application to find their names and polling stations. 

The Maharashtra State Election Commission has appealed to people to come in large numbers and cast their votes in the Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis elections across 12 districts of the state.

As many as 7,438 candidates are in the fray for 731 Zilla Parishad and 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats, and more than 2 crore eligible voters are expected to exercise their franchise.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar exercised her right to vote at the Zilla Parishad school located in Katewadi, Baramati. On this occasion, she appealed to citizens to actively participate in the democratic process by casting their votes.

The Maharashtra State Election Commission has announced polling dates for rural local body elections in parts of the state. Elections to 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis will be held on February 7 in districts where caste-based reservations remain within the 50 per cent cap. The decision comes soon after the completion of municipal corporation and municipal council elections across Maharashtra, marking the next phase of the state’s local body polls. Click here to read more.

In an unexpected turn of events, Shrichand Tejwani of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected as the mayor of the Amravati municipal corporation on Friday following support from a corporate of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Click here to read more.

The Maharashtra State Election Commission has deployed more than 1.28 lakh security personnel for these elections. This also includes 125 returning officers and 125 assistant returning officers.

The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) has set up 25,471 polling stations in 12 districts across three divisions.

The Maharashtra State Election Commission has said that each voter will cast two votes: one for Zilla Parishads and one Panchayat Samitis.

As per the State Election Commission, in these elections, more than 2.09 crore voters - 1,06,33,269 male voters, 1,01,86,965 female voters and 468 voters from other categories - are eligible to cast their votes.

The polling for the important Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections has started in 12 districts of Maharashtra.

The polling for the Maharashtra Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections will begin shortly at 7.30 am.

The polling is being held across 731 Zilla Parishad and 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats, the Maharashtra State Election Commission said earlier.

According to the Maharashtra State Election Commission, the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections will decide the fate of 7,438 candidates. 

The polling for the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections will be held in 12 districts - Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Kolhapur, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani, Dharashiv and Latur - across three divisions.

The results for the Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections will be declared on February 9 (Monday). It will begin at 10 am, as per the SEC.

The polling for the high-stake Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections will begin in Maharashtra at 7.30 am. It will continue till 5.30 pm, as per the State Election Commission (SEC).