The Maharashtra assembly elections saw a voter turnout of 60.46 percent till the closing hour of 6 p.m., election officials said. The final figure of polling could increase and it will be available on Tuesday.
In the last assembly election in 2014, the state had recorded 63.38 percent voter turnout.
The highest turnout was reported in Karveer constituency in Kolhapur, at 83.2 percent. The lowest turnout was recorded in south Mumbai’s upmarket Colaba area at 40.20 percent.
Haryana recorded a voter turnout of 65 percent, a sharp drop from the 2014 elections which brought the BJP to power in the state.
The turnout was less than the 76.54 percent in the 2014 assembly elections and the 70.36 percent recorded over the state’s 10 parliamentary constituencies in the Lok Sabha elections this year.
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He was accompanied by his wife Asha Hooda, son and former MP from Rohtak Deepender Singh Hooda and daughter-in-law Sweta Mirdha.
Hooda is a sitting legislator from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi here.
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It was a wet and cloudy Monday morning in parts of Maharashtra where voting for the Assembly polls was underway.
Some areas in south Konkan Maharashtra, western and south central parts, and Latur and Osmanabad districts in Marathwada region witnessed drizzle early morning, an official from the India Meteorological Department said.
As voting began at 7 a.m., Mumbai and its suburbs saw overcast sky after drizzle for last two days.
The IMD has predicted thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds at isolated places in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Beed and Osmanabad districts on Monday.
Though the MeT department last week announced complete withdrawal of the south-west monsoon, it said the cyclonic circulation developed off the south coast of Maharashtra was bringing rains now.
The state recorded 63.38 percent turnout in the 2014 Assembly polls.
"We are closely observing the situation and are hopeful voters will be spared vagaries of weather," a senior election official said.
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He is the NCP's nominee from Baramati Assembly seat.
The early voters also included Union minister Raosaheb Danve, who exercised his franchise at Bhokardan in Jalna.
Udayanraje Bhosale, who quit the NCP and is the BJP's nominee for the bypoll to Satara Lok Sabha in the state, voted in Satara.
Former Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde cast his vote in Solapur, where his daughter Praniti Shinde is seeking a third term as MLA.
Former chief minister Ashok Chavan and his family members cast their votes at a school in Nanded.
Chavan is the Congress' nominee from Bhokar in Nanded.
In Mumbai, where it has been drizzling since last two days, state school education minister Ashish Shelar exercised his franchise at a school in suburban Bandra.
Shelar is the BJP's candidate from Bandra-West seat.
Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Haribhau Bagde cast his vote in Aurangabad district.
State Housing Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil and his family members cast their votes at Shirdi in Ahmednagar.
Former cricketer Sandeep Patil, who was also among the early voters at Shivaji Park in Mumbai, said more than the party, the merit of an individual candidate was important.
"We should vote for candidates who work for their constituencies," he said.
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It is usual for him to use the social media to urge voters to cast their vote on election days.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has also appealed to voters to turnout in record numbers. "I appeal that all of you must participate in the festival of democracy and exercise your right to franchise in great numbers," he said. Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda too appealed to voters to come out in large numbers to ensure a record turnout.
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Polling began on Monday morning in all 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra where 3,237 candidates, including 235 women, are in the fray.
The voting commenced at 7 am and will end at 6 pm.
The election campaign, which ended on Saturday evening, was dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party's aggressive narrative of the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir.
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Polling began today morning at 7 a.m. in 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana. It will continue till 6 p.m., officials said.
Tight security arrangements have been made and over 75,000 security personnel have been mobilised for the polls, DGP Manoj Yadava said earlier.
As many as 1,169 candidates including 105 women of various political outfits are contesting the election. Over 1.83 crore voters are eligible to vote that includes 85 lakh women, over one lakh service voters and 252 transgenders.
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Haryana is the second state that went to the polls along with Maharashtra today. Over 1.8 crore voters are expected to exercise their franchise to elect 90 representatives. 1,108 candidates are in the fray for those 90 seats.
Manohar Lal Khattar, the first Bharatiya Janata Party leader to hold the chief minister’s post in Haryana, is seeking a second term. He expressed confidence that his party will secure close to 75 seats in the 90-member state assembly.
Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of the Congress is also looking to revive his fortunes after a defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. But the Congress suffered a jolt after its state unit President Ashok Tanwar quit and declared his support for Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party.
While there were more than 5,000 candidates in the fray, the number is now down to 3,239 after rejections.
Counting of votes will take place on Oct. 24.
Prominent candidates include Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (Nagpur South-West), Aaditya Thackeray (Worli), Ashok Chavan (Bhokar) and Prithviraj Chavan (Karad South), among others.
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