Maharashtra council polls crucial test for political parties ahead of assembly elections
The Hindu
The elections are scheduled to be held on July 12 and nominations will open from June 25.
The biennial elections to 11 seats in the Maharashtra legislative council from the MLA quota will be a crucial test for the ruling Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) ahead of the assembly elections to be held later this year.
With 14 vacancies in the 288-member house, the electoral college is 274 and the quota for the winning candidate is 23.
Out of the 11 seats, the MVA can get two and the ruling alliance nine as per their numerical strength in the lower house of the state legislature.
Congress can get one candidate elected as an MLC, while the Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) can get one candidate. BJP can get five, leaving the rest four for allies Shiv Sena and NCP.
The elections are scheduled to be held on July 12 and nominations will open from June 25.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 103 MLAs, followed by the Ajit Pawar-led NCP's 40, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena's 38.
The Congress has 37 MLAs, Shiv Sena (UBT) 15 and Sharad Pawar-led NCP 10.
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