Balloting begins in Maharashtra


Posted on 10th Apr 2014 03:18 pm by admin

Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) The first phase of elections in Maharashtra for 10 Lok Sabha seats got underway here Thursday morning, officials said.

A total of 201 candidates, including 90 independents, are in the fray and they are vying for the attention of around 1.22 crore voters spread in the Vidarbha region.

There a total of eight general category constituencies while one is reserved for Scheduled Tribes and one for Scheduled Castes.

The maximum number of 33 candidates are contesting from Nagpur, while seven - the lowest - are in the fray in Akola.

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