The 81-seat Jharkhand Assembly is going to elections November 13 and 20 while Maharashtra will go in for a single-phase election on November 20, the ECI said.
The BSE Sensex fell by 494.75 points, or 0.61 per cent, to close at 81,006.61, while the NSE Nifty declined by 221.45 points, or 0.89 per cent, to settle at 24,749.85.
The Nifty 50 index opened with a marginal gain of 0.22 per cent or 56.10 points at 25,027.40 points, while the BSE Sensex index opened with a gain of 0.31 per cent at 81,758.07 points, gaining 256.71 points.
Amid the upcoming state assembly election in Jharkhand, BJP Jharkhand core group will meet BJP National President JP Nadda and Union Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday in Delhi to discuss the names of candidates on 81 seats.
The Nifty index gained 59.20 points to open at 25,023, while the BSE Sensex index was also up by 0.24 per cent, gaining 195 points to open at 81,576.93.
Despite the Indian National Congress trailing behind BJP in the Haryana elections, Congress leader Aditya Surjewala won Kaithal assembly seat by 83744 votes. His supporters celebrate at his residence as he leads over BJP's Leela Ram in the constituency.
The Sensex tumbled by 703.95 points, or 0.85 per cent, to settle at 81,793.16, while the Nifty fell by 200.25 points or 0.79 per cent, closing at 25,049.85.
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