Mumbai City recorded a low voter turnout of 49.07%.
New Delhi: Voting for the high voltage Maharashtra assembly elections which began at 7 am on Wednesday recorded 58.22% voting till 5 pm, according to the Election Commission.
The financial and the entertainment capital of India, Mumbai recorded a low voter turnout of 49.07% in Mumbai City, and 51.76% in Mumbai Suburban.
In the last assembly elections, both these districts recorded a turnout of over 60%.
According to data, the Naxal affected Gadchiroli district recorded the highest voting percentage with 69.63% followed by 67.97% in Kolhapur and 65.88% in Bhandara district.
Similarly, Thane district got a voting percentage of 49.76%
In the constituency of big faces like Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Nagpur South West recorded 51.54% voting, while in Baramati where the contest is between Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar’s grandnephew Yugendra Pawar, the voter turnout was 62.31%.
Similarly in Worli where former CM Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aditya Thackeray is contesting against former Congress MP Milind Deora, the voter turnout was 47.50%, while in Kopri-Pachpakhadi where CM Eknath Shinde is contesting against Kedar Dighe, it stood at 55.77%.
In Sakoli, where Congress state chief Nana Patole contested against BJP’s Avinash Brahmankar, voter turnout was 67.21%.
It is pertinent to note here that the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance comprising the BJP, Shiv Sena led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar is vying to retain power and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is hoping for a strong comeback.