Voting in the five constituencies will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the results to be counted on Oct. 27, according to a statement from the Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer’s office.
The elections are being triggered because the terms of the sitting members expire in December. The formal election notification is slated for release on Sept. 29, after which candidates may file nominations until Oct. 6. Nominations will be scrutinised on Oct. 7, and candidates can withdraw by Oct. 9. The Election Commission has pledged to complete the entire process before Oct. 31.
The five seats up for election are the Aurangabad Division Graduates’, Pune Division Graduates’, Nagpur Division Graduates’, Amravati Division Teachers’ and Pune Division Teachers’ constituencies. The current members are Satish Chavan (Aurangabad Graduates), Arun Lad (Pune Graduates), Abhijit Wanjarri (Nagpur Graduates), Kiran Sarnaik (Amravati Teachers) and Jayant Asgaonkar (Pune Teachers). Wanjarri and Asgaonkar belong to the Congress party, Lad is with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP‑SP), Sarnaik was elected as an Independent, and Chavan won on an undivided NCP ticket in 2020. No incumbent from the BJP or Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena is retiring.
The Model Code of Conduct came into force immediately in the affected constituencies following the schedule announcement, and officials and candidates have been instructed to adhere strictly to it.
Graduate and teachers’ constituencies form a distinct part of the Maharashtra Legislative Council’s electoral structure. Voters on these rolls must meet specific educational or teaching qualifications, and they elect members to the Upper House, whose members serve six‑year terms with roughly one‑third of seats rotating every two years. Unlike the Legislative Assembly, the Council is a permanent body and cannot be dissolved.