Maharashtra voter turnout highest since 1995

Voters wait in queues to cast their vote for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, in Akola on Wednesday.
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After a showdown of Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024, the State recorded a voter turnout of 65.11 %. The turnout went up compared to the 2024 Lok Sabha election and 2019 Assembly election, where the turnout was 61.39% and 61.4% respectively. The voting percentage is also seen as the highest since the 1995 assembly elections, where turnout was 71.7%

The increased voter turnout and increased voter base from the Lok Sabha election could decide who forms the government after the results are out on November 23.

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Across the State, the highest voting was recorded in Kolhapur at 76.25%, whereas the lowest was in Mumbai City at 52.07%. Kolhapur consists of five Assembly constituencies- Chandgad, Radhanagari, Kolhapur South, Karvir, and Kolhapur North.  The major battle was between NCP (AP) Guardian Minister Hasan Musrif and NCP-SP leader Samarjeetsinh Ghatge and another battle of Karvir, where Congress candidate Rahul Patil fought Shinde Sena’s Chandradip Narke.

The second on the list was the naxal-hit Gadchiroli district, the voting percentage stood at 73.68%. In other parts of Maharashtra, the voter turnout increased slightly, including Ahmednagar – 71.73%, Akola – 64.98%, Amravati – 65.57%, Aurangabad – 68.89%, Beed – 67.79%, Bhandara – 69.42%, Buldhana – 70.32%, Chandrapur – 71.27%, Dhule – 64.70 %, Gondiya – 69.53 %, Hingoli – 71.10 %, Jalgaon – 64.42%, Latur – 66.92%, Nagpur – 60.49 %, Nanded – 64.92%, Nandurbar – 69.15%, Nashik – 67.57%, Osmanabad – 64.27%, Palghar – 65.95%, Parbhani – 70.38%, Pune – 61.05%, Raigad – 67.23%, Ratnagiri – 64.55%, Sangli – 71.89 %, Satara – 71.7%, Sindhudurg – 68.40%, Solapur – 67.36, %Thane – 56.05%, Wardha – 68.30%, Washim – 66.01%, and Yavatmal – 69.02%.

Vidharbha and Western Maharashtra witnessed an increase in voter turnout. In Marathwada, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil’s home turf, Jalna saw the highest voting at 72.30%.

The lowest voter turnout marked in the urban region and island city of Maharashtra, Mumbai City- 52.07% and Mumbai Suburban -55.77%. However, Bhandup in Mumbai’s Eastern suburb marked the highest turnout at 61.1%, whereas the posh locality Bandra West and Chandivali had the lowest turnout at 50.36% and 50.07%, respectively, while Colaba in South Mumbai, as usual, marked the lowest turnout at 44.49%.