Mumbai: The polling for the most-awaited 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections concluded on Wednesday evening. The state recorded a total of 65.02 per cent voter turnout, which is 2 per cent higher than the 2019 assembly elections, the Election Commission of India informed.
Across the 36 districts in Maharashtra, Kolhapur has recorded the highest voting percentage with 76.25, followed by Jalna with 72.40 per cent. While, the capital city- Mumbai continued to disappoint by recording lowest voter turnout. Mumbai City and Suburbs have recorded 52.07 per cent and 55.77 per cent voter turnout respectively.
Late on Wednesday night, the Election Commission released the districtwise most updates voting percentage for the Maharashtra assembly elections. The voting percentage as of 11.30 pm, across 36 districts of Maharashtra are:
Ahmednagar - 71.73 percent, Akola - 64.98 percent, Amravati - 65.57 percent, Aurangabad- 68.89 percent, Beed - 67.79 percent, Bhandara - 69.42 percent, Buldhana - 70.32 percent, Chandrapur- 71.27 percent, Dhule - 64.70 percent, Gadchiroli - 73.68 percent, Gondia - 69.53 percent, Hingoli - 71.10 percent, Jalgaon - 64.42 percent, Jalna - 72.30 percent, Kolhapur - 76.25 percent, Latur - 66.92 percent, Mumbai City- 52.07 percent, Mumbai suburbs - 55.77 percent, Nagpur - 60.49 percent, Nanded - 64.92 percent, Nandurbar- 69.15 percent, Nashik - 67.57 percent, Osmanabad - 64.27 percent, Palghar - 65.95 percent, Parbhani - 70.38 percent, Pune - 61.05 percent, Raigad - 67.23 percent, Ratnagiri - 64.55 percent, Sangli - 71.89 percent, Satara - 71.71 percent, Sindhudurg - 68.40 percent, Solapur - 67.36 percent, Thane - 56.05 percent, Wardha - 68.30 percent, Washim - 66.01 percent and Yavatmal - 69.02 percent.
2% Rise In Total Voting
For the 2024 Maharashtra assembly elections, the state had more than 9.70 crore registered voters. The state had recorded a 63 percent voter turnout during the 2019 assembly elections. The Election Commission had taken several initiatives to encourage voters, especially the youth to step out and exercise their right to vote and participate in the festival of democracy.
The initiatives resulted in 2 percent increase in voter turnout in the 2024 state elections, however, cities like Mumbai and Thane continued to disappoint with lower voting percentages.
Polling for all 288 assemblies in Maharahtra was conducted in a single-phase on Wednesday and the results will be declared on Saturday, November 23.
