Mumbai, October 15: An order has been issued by Mumbai City Collector Shivaji Jondhale which says that all workplaces in its jurisdiction including private organisations must be given one full day of paid leave on voting day on October 21. The order was passed by Mumbai City Collector Shivaji Jondhale on Tuesday. The order says that all workplaces in its jurisdiction including private organisations must be given one full day of paid leave on the day of voting. Who Will Win Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019? Here's What ABP News Opinion Poll Results Predict.

The state of Maharashtra will go to polls on October 21. The result will be declared on October 24. The 288 members Maharashtra Assembly is voting along with Haryana on October 21.

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In the 2014 Maharashtra assembly elections, the saffron alliance of BJP-Sena returned to power after a hiatus of 15 years. Both the parties had contested without a pre-poll pact, and had ended up winning 122 and 63 seats, respectively. The Congress and the NCP -- which also fought without a pre-election alliance -- were reduced to 42 and 41 seats, respectively. Following the polls, the BJP and Sena sealed a post-election coalition to jointly form the government.

Along with Maharashtra, the state of Haryana -- with 90 legislative assembly seats -- will also go to polls on October 21. In both the states, the pollsters have given the edge to the BJP. The party was predicted to win up to 78 constituencies in Haryana in one of the surveys. In Maharashtra, the BJP-Sena alliance was predicted to bag up to 205 out of the 288 constituencies, as per one of the opinion polls.

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