New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates for Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana on Friday.
Assembly elections in four states - Maharashtra, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir - are scheduled to be held in 2014. According to EC sources, the elections would be held in two phases - the first phase in Haryana and Maharashtra and the second phase in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand.
The elections in these states are keenly awaited by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which got a thumping victory in the April-May Lok Sabha elections. In all four states, the BJP intends to repeat its winning streak and the party's senior leaders have started campaigning in these states.
The Haryana assembly comprises 90 members while the Maharashtra assembly has 288 members. Both states are presently ruled by the Congress.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is ruling Jharkhand with the Congress. The legislative assembly comprises 81 members. The last assembly election was held in December 2009.
The legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir comprises 87 members. The last assembly elections were held in 2008. Presently, the state is being run by a National Conference-Congress alliance.
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