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Maharashtra assembly elections: 65% voter turnout recorded; BJP-led alliance strives to retain power

A husband and wife display their inked fingers after casting their votes in Buldhana, Maharashtra, on November 20, 2024.

Mumbai: An estimated 65% voter turnout was recorded in the Maharashtra assembly elections on Wednesday (November 20), where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is making a determined bid to retain power and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) 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% of polling was recorded in the 2019 assembly elections in the state.

Gadchiroli district recorded a turnout of 69.63%, while Mumbai saw an estimated 54% turnout. In the 2019 polls, Mumbai’s polling figure stood at 50.67%.

Mumbai’s Colaba constituency, which recorded just 40% turnout in 2019, showed an improved figure of 44.49% this year. Karvir constituency in Kolhapur district recorded 84.79% turnout, which is expected to be the highest in the state.

There were 1,00,186 polling booths in Maharashtra this time, compared to 96,654 booths in the 2019 assembly elections.

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