2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/2014-maharashtra-legislative-assembly-election

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the election date?October 15, 2014
2. What is the constituency count?288 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
3. How many people voted in the 2014 Maharashtra election?About 63.38% of voters turned out to vote. That means many people went to the polls to decide who should help run Maharashtra.
4. Why was the 2014 Maharashtra election called a "hung verdict"?A "hung verdict" means no single party won enough seats to run the government by itself. So parties had to talk and make agreements to share power.

Legislative Assembly: The lower house of the state legislature in India, responsible for making laws and holding the executive accountable.
Hung Verdict: An election outcome where no political party or pre-existing alliance wins a clear majority of seats, necessitating coalition formation.
Coalition Government: A government formed by an alliance of two or more political parties to achieve a majority in the legislature.
First Past the Post (FPTP): An electoral system where the candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins the election, even without an absolute majority.