The Maharashtra and Jharkhand Assembly elections will be held across two phases beginning November 13, the Election Commission said Tuesday. Jharkhand will vote in two phases – on November 13 and November 20, and Maharashtra will vote in one phase – on November 20.

Counting of votes for both states will take place on November 23, the poll panel said.

Dates were also announced for some Lok Sabha bypolls, including Kerala’s Wayanad seat. Rahul Gandhi has given up the seat because he also won the family bastion of Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh.

In the 2019 Jharkhand election Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s Jharkhand Mukti Morcha – part of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance – won 47 of the state’s 82 seats.