
The Maharashtra zilla paishad and panchayat assembly elections and results have been postponed due to the three-day mourning declared by the Maharashtra government following the tragic death of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash.
Voting for elections to 12 zilla parishads and 125 panchayat samitis in Maharashtra will now be held on February 7 instead of February 5 as announced earlier, the State Election Commission said on Thursday, January 29.
The counting of votes in the Maharashtra zilla parishad and panchayat samiti elections, which was scheduled to be held on February 7, will now be held on February 9, the election body said.
The elections were postponed in view of the three-day mourning declared in the state after Deputy CM Ajit Pawar died in a plane crash on January 28, the SEC said in a statement.
Further details are awaited





