Sluggish turnout in Maharashtra at 32.18%, Jharkhand records 47.92% turnout at 1 pm

Mumbai/Ranchi: Maharashtra recorded a sluggish voter turnout of 32.18 per cent in the single-phase assembly elections while a turnout of 47.92 per cent was registered in the second phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand as of 1 pm, according to the Election Commission of India.

A naxal hit Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra recorded the highest voter turnout of 50.89 per cent, while the district of Mumbai city recorded the lowest voter turnout of 27.73 per cent till 1 pm, as per the data of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

As per the data of the ECI, Mumbai Suburban recorded a voter turnout of 30.43 per cent, Nagpur 31.65 per cent, Thane 28.35 per cent, Aurangabad 33.89 per cent, Pune 29.03 per cent, Nashik 32.30 per cent, Satara 34.78 per cent, Kolhapur 38.56 per cent, Dhule 34.05 per cent, Palghar 33.40 per cent, Ratnagiri 38.52 per cent, Nanded 28.15 per cent and Latur 33.27 per cent.

Voter turnout for Sindhudurg was recorded at 38.34 per cent, Wardha at 34.55 per cent, Osmanabad at 31.75 per cent, Washim at 29.31 per cent, Yavatmal at 34.10 per cent, Solapur at 29.44 per cent, Sangli at 33.50 per cent, Ahmednagar at 32.90 per cent, Akola at 29.87 per cent, Amravati at 31.32 per cent, Beed at 32.58 per cent, Bhandara at 35.06 per cent, Buldhana at 32.91 per cent, Chandrapur at 35.54 per cent, Gondiya at 40.46 per cent, Hingoli at 35.97 per cent, Jalgoan at 27.88 per cent Jalna at 36.42 per cent, Nandurbar at 37.40 per cent, Parbhani at 33.12 per cent and Raigad at 34.84 per cent.

In the second phase of assembly polls, Jharkhand recorded a turnout of 31.37 per cent till 1 pm, with Pakur district with the highest turnout of 53.83 per cent while Bokaro with the lowest turnout of 42.52 per cent.

As per the ECI, Deoghar recorded a turnout of 49.83 per cent, Dhanbad 43.16 per cent, Dumka 50.28 per cent, Giridih 48.01 per cent, Hazaribagh 48.62 per cent, Jamtara 52.21 per cent, Ramgarh 51.26 per cent, Ranchi 52.10 per cent and Sahebganj 47.51 per cent.

The voter turnout for the Nanded Parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra was recorded at 27.25 per cent till 1 pm.

As by-polls are also underway on several seats, Kedarnath in Uttarakhand recorded a turnout of 34.40 per cent while Palakkad in Kerala recorded a 40.16 per cent turnout till 1 pm.

In the bye-elections of Punjab, as of 1 pm, a voter turnout for Gidderbaha was recorded at 50.09 per cent, Dera Baba Nanak at 40.40 per cent, Barnala at 28.10 per cent and Chabbewal at 27.95 per cent.

As of 1 pm, in Uttar Pradesh by-polls, Meerapur recorded a voter turnout of 36.77 percent, Majhwan 31.68 per cent, Khair 28.80 per cent, Phulpur 26.67 per cent, Kundarki 41.01 per cent, Karhal 32.29 per cent, Katehari 36.54 per cent, Ghaziabad 20.92 per cent and Sishmau 28.50 per cent.

Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase on288 seats of Maharashtra assembly elections and second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, covering the remaining 38 seats.

The results for all the seats in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and by-poll sets will be announced on November 23.