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Assembly elections updates: 58.43% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in Maharashtra, 68% in Jharkhand

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Election Voting: Catch all the updates on the Assembly elections here

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Nagpur: People wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the Maharashtra Assembly elections, in Nagpur, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assemby elections updates: Altogether 58.43 per cent voters exercised their franchise Wednesday in the assembly elections in Maharashtra, where the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine is hoping for a comeback. About 68 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 PM on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand where voting in the second and final phase ended, officials said.
 
 
According to the Election Commission spokesperson, voters can carry their Voter ID or an approved identification document and ensure their details are correct on the voters’ list to avoid inconvenience.  The poll body announced earlier this month that voters can use any of the 12 approved identity proofs, other than the Voter Photo Identity Card (EPIC), to cast their votes. 
   Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar cast their votes.
  12.71% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in second and final phase of Jharkhand Assembly election. On the other hand, 6.61% voter turnout was recorded in Maharashtra at 9 am.  Maharashtra Deputy CM and NCP candidate from Baramati Assembly constituency, Ajit Pawar and NCP-SCP MP Supriya Sule cast their votes. NCP has fielded Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and NCP-SCP has fielded Yugendra Pawar from the Baramati Assembly constituency.  Maharashtra and Jharkhand are going to the Assembly polls today. Voting for all 288 seats of the Maharashtra legislative Assembly will take place in a single phase today. Of the 288 Assembly constituencies, 234 seats are categorised as general, while 29 are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) and 25 for Scheduled Tribes (ST). This election will see 4,140 candidates contesting, according to the state chief electoral office. Voting will be held on November 20, 2024, from 7 am to 6 pm across all constituencies. A dry day will be observed in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra during polling hours.
 
Jharkhand will go for its second phase of assembly elections today with several interesting contests on the anvil across 38 constituencies in 12 districts. The first phase of the Jharkhand polls was held in 43 of 81 assembly seats on November 13. The results for all 81 constituencies will be declared on November 23, alongside those for Maharashtra Assembly elections and bypolls across several states. A total of 528 candidates are in the fray for the 38 seats in this phase, including 55 women and one third-gender candidate and 472 male candidates. Polling will begin at 7 in the morning and will conclude at 5 pm, barring some sensitive polling stations, where voting will conclude at 4 pm. Over 1.23 crore voters, including 61.0 lakh women, are eligible to cast their votes.
 
Counting of votes is set to take place on Saturday and this could set the tone for Parliament’s winter session, which begins on Monday and is scheduled to end on December 20. In both the states, apart from their respective ideological planks, the principal rivals have competed with each other, promising sops and welfare schemes for women, farmers and unemployed youths. The JMM-Congress alliance is hopeful of returning to power with support from women for its government’s monthly allowance scheme of Rs 1,000. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has infiltrated its primary plank. In Maharashtra the BJP is contesting in 149 seats, Shiv Sena 81, and the Ajit Pawar-led NCP in 59 constituencies. As for the MVA, the Congress has fielded 101 candidates, Shiv Sena (UBT) 95, and NCP (SP) has put up 86 candidates. There are a total 97.02 million electors in Maharashtra.
 
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Maharashtra assembly polls: 'Dismal record' of metropolitan voters continues, say EC

The Election Commission on Wednesday lamented that despite a range of measures taken by it for ease of voting besides motivational campaigns, urban voters in Maharashtra continued their "dismal record" of low participation in cities including Mumbai, Pune and Thane.
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Maharashtra Assembly elections LIVE: 58.22% voter turnout recorded till 5 pm

58.22 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in Maharashtra assembly elections, says official. 
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Assembly elections LIVE: 68% voter turnout recorded in Jharkhand

A voter turnout of 67.59 per cent was registered in 38 assembly seats till 5 PM in second and final phase of Jharkhand polls, a poll official said.
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Amid complaints of harassment of voters in UP bypoll, EC orders suspension of five cops

At least five police personnel were suspended and many others removed from poll duty in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday for flouting Election Commission guidelines and stopping electors from casting votes in the ongoing assembly bypolls, officials said. The action by the poll authority came amid complaints by opposition parties, mainly Samajwadi Party that people from a particular community were being prevented from casting vote.
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Jharkhand Assembly elections: Jharkhand records voter turnout of 61% by 3 pm

Jharkhand saw a voter turnout of 61.47 per cent in the second phase of polling. The highest voter turnout was recorded in Pakur at 69.31 per cent, followed by Jamtara at 68.24 per cent and Ramgarh at 66.02 per cent, while Dhanbad reported the lowest at 56.32 per cent.
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Maharashtra elections: Unidentified persons fire rounds at Shiv Sena nominee's car in Shrirampur

Three unidentified persons allegedly opened fire at Shiv Sena candidate Bhausaheb Kamble's car in Maharashtra's Shrirampur in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. The three persons riding two motorcycles targeted Kamble's car near Ashok Sugar Mills on the day of polling. The bullets, however, didn't hit the car and Kamble, a police official said.
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Assembly elections LIVE: NCP (SP) worker assaulted, polling booth vandalised in Parli

A polling booth was vandalised and a worker of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) was assaulted on Wednesday in Parli assembly constituency, from where minister Dhananjay Munde of the Ajit Pawar-led NCP is seeking re-election, an official said. Madhav Jadhav, a local leader of the Sharad Pawar-led party was assaulted in Bank Colony area of Parli town and the video of the assault went viral on social media, after which a polling booth at Ghatnandur in the constituency was vandalised, an official said.
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News update: Voter turnout of 61.47% recorded till 3 pm in second and final phase of Jharkhand polls

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News update: 45.53 per cent voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in Maharashtra Assembly elections

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NCP workers gave death threats to our cadres, alleges Yugendra Pawar's mother

Yugendra Pawar, a grandnephew of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar is pitted against his uncle and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in a high-profile contest in the stronghold of Pawars. Yugendra's mother, Sharmila Pawar, alleged that one of their party cadres was intimidated by the workers of the rival faction outside a polling booth in Baramati.
 
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Bypolls update: Around 35 per cent polling registered till 1 pm

A voter turnout of around 35 per cent was recorded till 1 pm in the bypolls to 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand on Wednesday amid stray incidents of violence and complaints of irregularities against police officials.
and misuse of government machinery.
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Would be ‘stupid’ to distribute money at a place owned by ‘Opposition parties,’ says BJP leader Tawde

“The Vivanta Hotel (at Virar in Palghar) is owned by the Thakurs. I am not stupid to go to their hotel and distribute money there,” BJP leader Vinod Tawde said. He added that he was “having a casual chat with party workers,” and that he was “not campaigning”. He denied all allegations of distributing cash to influence voters. 
 
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Bypolls update: 34.40% voter turnout in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath bypoll by 1 pm

Poll officials said that a voter turnout of 34.40% was recorded in the Kedarnath assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand by 1 pm. 
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Assembly elections: Singer Shankar Mahadevan cast vote for Maharashtra elections

"Voting is going on very peacefully. I would urge everyone to vote," singer Shankar Mahadevan said today.
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Maharashtra Assembly elections update: Actor and author Twinkle Khanna casts her vote in Mumbai

 
 

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First Published: Nov 20 2024 | 6:59 AM IST

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