New Delhi: The crucial Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will be held on October 15, announced Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath on Friday. It will be a single phased election in both the states and counting of votes will take place on October 19.
While Haryana has 90 Assembly seats, Maharashtra has 288 seats.
Giving details of the election schedule, Chief Election Commissioner VS Sampath said apart from these states, byelections will be conducted on the same day for five assembly seats in five states - Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
Byelections for two Parliamentary constituencies in Maharashtra's Beed and Odisha's Kandhamal will also be held on October 15 and counting for all the seats will take place on October 19.
The Model Code of Conduct comes into effect immediately for all the seats going to polls, Sampath said.
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