47,392 centenarians among 9.7 crore voters; 22.22 lakh in 18-19 age group

A total of 47392 centenarians are among the more than 97 crore citizens in Maharashtra who are eligible to vote in the Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 according to Election Commission data reported news agency PTIAs per the figures shared by state Chief Electoral Officer there are 2222704 voters in the age group of 1819 years while the number of centenarians those aged 100 and above oldest at 109 stood at 47392 reported PTIThe state has 97025119 registered voters 50022739 men 46996279 women and 6101 of the third gender reported PTIThe Maharashtra assembly elections 2024 for the 288member state assembly will be held on November 20 and results will be declared on November 23Nominations of 7994 candidates across 288 assembly seats found validThe nomination papers of 7994 candidates filed across the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra where polling will take place on November 20 were found valid after scrutiny election officials have saidOn the other hand the nomination papers of 921 candidates were found invalid the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer CEO said in a statement on ThursdayThe process of filing nominations by candidates began on October 22 and ended on October 29 The papers submitted by contestants were scrutinised on October 30 while the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is November 4The ruling Mahayuti alliance consisting of the BJP Shiv Sena and NCP and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Congress Shiv Sena UBT and NCP Sharadchandra Pawar are the main contenders for power though smaller parties and independents are also in the poll frayForeign currency worth Rs 108 crore seized from car in MumbaiA Static Surveillance Team SST of the Election Commission and police have seized foreign currency notes worth Rs 108 crore from a car here an official said on ThursdaySSTs have been deployed across Maharashtra in view of the November 20 assembly electionsThe car was intercepted on suspicion at Marine Drive in South Mumbai in the early hours of Thursday a police official saidCurrency notes of various countries including US dollars and Singapore dollars were found inside he saidThe person who was carrying the cash in the car produced documents in the name of the Bombay Mercantile CoOperative Bank and claimed that the currency was being carried from the airport to the banks office the official saidAs the amount was huge the currency notes were handed over to the Customs for further action he addedWith inputs from PTI