<span style="color: #222222;">Following the Election Commission of India guidelines, the ongoing campaign for biennial election to the five graduates'' and teachers'' constituencies of Maharashtra Legislative Council, came to an end this evening. Polling for these seats will take place on December 1 between 8 AM and 5 PM while counting will take place on December 3.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Of the five poll-bound segments, three are graduate constituencies from Aurangabad, Pune and Nagpur divisions, and two are teacher seats from Pune and Amravati divisions. These are constituencies in which only teachers and graduates, respectively, are eligible to vote.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It's going to be a direct fight between the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi and the opposition BJP. While BJP is contesting all the five seats, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP and Congress will contest two seats each and Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena one seat.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Elections to these seats were due since July but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the polling to Dhule-Nandurbar Local Bodies Constituency would also be held on December 1. The fight here is between Amrish Patel of BJP and Abhijeet Patil of Congress. The nomination process was held in March and polling was to be held on April 1, however, it was postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak.</span><br />