Jalgaon (Maharashtra): People in Jalgaon will vote today i.e. Wednesday August 01, 2018 to elect the new body of Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC). The 75-member Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) is currently ruled by Khandesh Vikas Aghadi.
According to the schedule announced by the state election commission, polling will start at 07:30 am and continue till 05:30 pm on Wednesday. The counting of votes and declaration of results are scheduled for August 03, 2018.
Khandesh Vikas Aghadi of local stalwart Sureshdada Jain had won 33 seats in the Septmber 2013 elections. The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 15 seats, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) had won 12 seats and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had won 11 seats.
The Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) had also contested the last election. But they could not win any seat.
In the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections, Surshdada Jain's Khandesh Vikas Aghadi has formed an alliance with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). Jain is contesting the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal electiosn on Shiv Sena symbol.
The BJP, which is ruling in Maharashtra, is contesting the Jalgaon Maha Nagar Palika elections 2018 under the leadership of Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan instead of Eknath Khadse. Jalgaon is the stronghold of Khadse. But he was asked to resign from the Fadnavis cabinet after allegations of graft. Since then his relationship with the BJP leadership is not in good terms.
Besides, BJP, Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress, Assaduddin Owaisi's All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) is also contesting Jalgaon Municipal Election 2018. AIMIM Cheif Asaduddin Owaisi and party MLAs Imtiyaz Jaleel and Waris Pathan have extensively campaigned for the AIMIM candidadtes. The AIMIM has fielded 06 candidates in mostly Muslim pockets of Jalgaon.
Samajwadi Party (SP) of Abu Asim Azmi which could not win any seat in the last election has again fielded its candidate in the 2018 polls. The SP candidates are contesting in 06 wards of the city.
According to the State Election Commission, a total of 303 candidates from different parties, including a good number of independents, are contesting the 2018 Jalgaon Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections. There are 3,65,072 registered voters in Jalgaon. The city has recorded about 55% voter turnout in the 2013 Municiple elections.
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