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Counting of votes for M'rashtra polls on Oct 16
Counting of votes for polls in 288 constituencies held on Oct 13 will take place under tight security.
Counting of votes for Maharashtra Assembly polls in 288 constituencies held on October 13 will take place on Saturday under tight security.
"The counting will begin at eight am and the entire process is expected to be completed by two pm," chief electoral officer UPS Madan said.
Adequate arrangements have been for speedy declaration of results, he said.
An electorate of 6.59 crore would decide the fate of 2,678 candidates.
Prominent candidates who are in fray include Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who is seeking re-election from Solapur-south Assembly constituency, Deputy Chief Minister Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil from his home turf Malshiras.
The fortunes of three former chief ministers Vilasrao Deshmukh (Latur), Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar (Nilanga), both Congress and Narayan Rane of Sena from Malvan, will be known on Saturday.
While Deshmukh is taking on his old rival Shivajirao Patil Kavhekar, who had defeated the ex-CM in the 1995 polls, Nilangekar is being challenged by his grandson Sambhaji, who is contesting on a BJP ticket. Rane is being challenged by Vijay Sawant of Congress.
