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Maharashtra State Election Commission

election regulatory body of Maharashtra

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ17051654 ↗
Source-derived summary

Maharashtra State Election Commission is an independent agency of Government of Maharashtra established on 26 April 1994. It conducts rural and urban local body elections in the state of Maharashtra.

List of State Election Commissioners

The following have held the post of the State Election Commissioner of Maharashtra.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Maharashtra State Election Commission” as election regulatory body of Maharashtra. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Maharashtra, State and Election.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1994—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Maharashtra, State and Election providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Maharashtra State Election Commission”, the useful work is to connect “election regulatory body of Maharashtra” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17051654. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1994.

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This entry incorporates text from “Maharashtra State Election Commission” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.