Kalyan Rural Assembly Election 2019 | The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the dates for the Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly elections. Voting for the 288-member Assembly will be held on 21 October in a single phase. The counting of votes and final results will be declared on 24 October, authorities said. The term of the Devendra Fadnavis-led current Maharashtra Assembly will end on 9 November.
The notification and nomination process for the Assembly election was issued on 27 September. Candidates filed their nominations latest by 4 October. The scrutiny of nomination papers was done on 5 October and the last date to withdraw candidature from the electoral battle was 7 October. A total of 95,473 polling stations will be set up for over 8.95 crore voters in Maharashtra.
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There are three reserved seats under Scheduled Tribe and Scheduled Caste categories in the Thane district — Bhiwandi Rural (ST), Shahapur (ST) and Ambarnath (SC).
Constituency Name—Kalyan Rural
Constituency Number— 144
District Name—Thane
Total Electors— 422850
Female Electors—190463
Male Electors—232331
Third Gender—56
Reserved— No
**Results in previous elections—**In 2009, Ramesh Ratan Patil had won the Assembly elections in this constituency by defeating Ramesh Sukarya Mhatre of Shiv Sena by netting a total of 51,149 votes. In 2014, the Shiv Sena candidate Subhash Ganu Bhoir won this seat against the former MLA with a margin of about 50,000 votes. In 2019 elections, Shiv Sena will be fielding Ramesh Sukrya Mhatre against MNS’ Pramod Ratan Patil.
Demographics – Kalyan Rural is a part of Thane district. It falls under the Konkan region.