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The summation is of astir 5 per cent votes and could look arsenic a large origin successful deciding the winner.
The Election Commission of India connected Thursday announced a further summation successful elector turnout of Maharashtra to 66.05 per cent from 65.1 per cent it had announced connected Wednesday, the time of polls. This is the highest since 1995 erstwhile the authorities witnessed a elector turnout of 71.69 per cent.
While 61.4 per cent of the electorate exercised their voting rights successful the 2019 assembly elections, successful the precocious concluded Lok Sabha polls, the elector turnout stood astatine 61.39 per cent.
The summation is of astir 5 per cent votes and could look arsenic a large origin successful deciding the winner. As against 8.85 crore registered voters successful 2019, the fig of registered voters is up by 9.5 per cent to 9.69 crore. So a higher elector turnout connected an accrued ballot basal is acceptable to go a cardinal origin successful the results to beryllium announced connected Saturday.
While the summation successful elector turnout is being attributed to the fierce run undertaken by ruling Mahayuti and absorption Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), it whitethorn crook retired to beryllium a large origin successful the results successful a adjacent contest.
During the Lok Sabha polls, the 3 parties successful Mahayuti — BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP — polled an aggregate of 42.71 per cent votes, portion the 3 allies of Maha Vikas Aghadi — Congress, Shiv Sena UBT and NCP (SP) — unneurotic polled 43.91 per cent votes.
The numbers amusement that the agrarian voters came retired successful ample numbers compared to urban. Kolhapur territory of Western Maharashtra portion registered the highest polling of 76.63 per cent, portion Mumbai metropolis registered the lowest elector turnout of 52.65 per cent.
In a one-phase predetermination successful Maharashtra, Karvir assembly spot successful Kolhapur territory recorded the highest voting percent of 84.96 per cent. At Karvir, Rahul Patil, lad of precocious MLA PN Patil is contesting from Congress against Shiv Sena’s Chandradip Narke.
South Mumbai’s Colaba constituency witnessed the lowest elector turnout astatine 44.44 per cent. Rahul Narvekar of BJP is contesting against Hira Dewasi of Congress astatine the seat.
The full fig of electors successful Maharashtra are astir 9.7 crore, of which 5 crore are male, 4.69 crore pistillate and 6,101 others. As per ECI data, 4,136 candidates are successful the fray for the Assembly polls, of which 3,771 are antheral candidates, 363 pistillate and 2 others. Of the full 1,00,186 polling stations, 42,604 are municipality portion 57,582 are rural.
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