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An estimated 65 percent voter turnout was recorded in the Maharashtra assembly elections , where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance is making a determined bid to retain power and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition is hoping to continue its good showing in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The figures are provisional, election officials said, adding that 61.74 percent of polling was recorded in the 2019 assembly elections in the state.
As reported by PTI, The Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district recorded a turnout of 69.63 percent while Mumbai, the financial capital, saw an estimated 54 percent turnout.
In the 2019 polls, Mumbai’s polling figure stood at 50.67 percent.
The voting for the 288 assembly seats began at 7 am and people sealed the fate of over 4,100 contesting candidates across 1,00,186 booths, an increase from 96,654 in the 2019 elections.
In the Mahayuti alliance, the BJP contested 149 seats, Shiv Sena 81 seats, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP fielded candidates in 59 constituencies.
In the opposition’s MVA combine, the Congress fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena-UBT 95, and NCP-SP put up 86 candidates.
Parties like Bahujan Samaj Party and the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, also contested, with BSP fielding 237 candidates and AIMIM putting up 17 candidates.
