Maharashtra Election 2024 voter turnout: 18.14% voter turnout recorded till 11 am; Mumbai city at 15.78%

A voter turnout of 18.14 per cent was recorded in Maharashtra till 9 am as polling is underway on all 288 assembly seats in the state. Voting across 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm on Wednesday. The counting of votes and results will be declared on November 23. 

Mumbai City recorded an approximate voter turnout of 15.78 per cent as of 11 am.

Gadchiroli district in the state witnessed the highest voter turnout at 30 per cent. Nanded, on the other hand, recorded the lowest voter turnout at 13.67 per cent, as per the Election Commission of India data. 

Maharashtra assembly elections: Voter turnout till now

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate from Worli Aaditya Thackeray casted their votes.

After casting his vote, CM Shinde expressed confidence that the Mahayuti will form the government with a huge majority. 

“People have not forgotten what happened in 2019, the mandate was for Mahayuti but Mahayuti could not form the government. People have seen their (Maha Vikas Aghadi) 2.5 years rule and have also seen our 2.5 years of rule. We started the development that they had stopped. We started many schemes including Ladli Behna… Mahayuti will form the government.”

Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Shiv Sena candidate from Worli Milind Deora also casted their votes in Nagpur and Worli, respectively.

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule appealed to voters to come out in large numbers and cast their vote.

“I appeal to the people of Maharashtra to come out and cast their vote in large numbers. I expect 100 per cent voting today. The elected government is going to work for 14 crore people of the state for the next 5 years,” Bawankule, who is contesting from Kamthi, said.