Maharashtra Election 2024: How much voting took place in Maharashtra till 9 o'clock, know- where was the least and where was the most voting?

Voting is going on in all 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra. Voting figures till 9 am have come. So far 6.61 percent voting has taken place in the state. The fate of 4,136 candidates will be decided in EVMs today.

5.91 percent voting took place in Ahmednagar, 6.08 percent in Akola, 6.06 percent in Amravati, 7.05 percent in Aurangabad, 6.88 percent in Beed, 6.21 percent in Bhandara, 6.79 percent in Dhule, 8.05 percent in Chandrapur, 6.16 percent in Buldhana, 12.33 percent in Gadchiroli, 5.85 percent in Jalgaon, 7.51 percent in Jalna, 7.94 percent in Gondia, 6.45 percent in Hingoli, 7.38 percent in Kolhapur, 5.91 percent in Latur, 6.25 percent in Mumbai City, 6.86 percent in Nagpur.

How much voting took place where?

5.42 percent voting took place in Nanded, 7.76 percent in Nandurbar, 6.89 percent in Nashik, 4.85 percent in Osmanabad, 7.30 percent in Palghar, 5.53 percent in Pune, 7.55 percent in Raigad, 9.30 percent in Ratnagiri, 6.14 percent in Sangli, 5.14 percent in Satara, 8.61 percent in Sindhudurg, 5.07 percent in Solapur, 6.66 percent in Thane, 5.93 percent in Wardha, 5.33 percent in Washim, 7.17 percent in Yavatmal, 6.59 percent in Parbhani, 7.88 percent in Mumbai suburban.

Among these candidates, 2,086 are independents. Rebel candidates are in the fray on more than 150 seats, in which Mahayuti and MVA candidates are contesting against their party's official candidates. Officials said that the number of voters registered till October 30 is 9,70,25,119.

These include 5,00,22,739 male voters, 4,69,96,279 female voters, and 6,101 transgender voters. Apart from this, the total number of Divyang voters is 6,41,425, while the number of service voters in the armed forces is 1,16,170.

Voting is being done at so many polling stations.

There will be 1,00,186 polling stations in Maharashtra this time, whereas, in the 2019 assembly elections, their number was 96,654. This increase has been made due to the increase in the number of voters. About six lakh employees of the state government have been deployed for election duty.

This time the main contest is between the ruling Mahayuti (BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP) and Mahavikas Aghadi (Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT, and NCP-Sharad Pawar). In this election, while the ruling Mahayuti alliance is trying to retain power, the opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is hoping for a spectacular return to power.

These people voted

Let us tell you that NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule cast her vote at a polling station in Baramati. NCP has fielded Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP-SCP has fielded Yugendra Pawar from the Baramati assembly constituency. BMC Commissioner and District Election Officer Bhushan Gagrani cast his vote.

Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S. Chokalingam cast his vote for the Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 at a polling station located at Secretariat Gymkhana under Colaba constituency.