Polling percentage in Sunday's civic elections in Maharashtra's Dhule and Ahmednagar municipal corporations stood at 14 and 15 per cent respectively till 11:30am, a state election official said.
Voting for 74-member Dhule and 68-member Ahmednagar civic corporations started Sunday morning.
Both these prominent cities of north Maharashtra have a combined voter population of nearly eight lakh. While Dhule has 4.46 lakh voters, there are 3.46 lakh voters in Ahmednagar.
The run-up to the Dhule Municipal Corporation polls was a contentious one with BJP MLA Anil Gote accusing his party of inducting criminals and giving them tickets.
Gote has fielded candidates from his local outfit Loksangram against official BJP candidates.
Gote Sunday said that some people, who he claimed were BJP workers, threw stones at his car on Saturday.
However, police said that no untoward incident had been reported at either of the two cities where polling is currently underway.
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