Mumbai, Oct 23 (PTI) An average 42.7 per cent polling was recorded across five graduates’ and teachers’ constituencies of the Maharashtra Legislative Council till 2 pm on Friday, official data showed.
The polling started at 8 am and ended at 4 pm.
The Pune Division Graduates’ constituency recorded the highest turnout among the three graduates’ constituencies at 40.6 per cent, followed by Nagpur at 38.88 per cent and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) at 36.02 per cent.
Among the teachers’ constituencies, Amravati recorded a turnout of 62.54 per cent, while Pune registered a 57.89 per cent turnout.
The Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Division Graduates’ constituency has 3,26,700 registered voters, of whom 1,17,686 had cast their votes by 2 pm.
The Pune Graduates’ constituency has 3,88,019 voters, of whom 1,57,528 had voted till 2 pm. In Nagpur, 99,378 out of 2,55,603 voters had exercised their franchise.
In the teachers’ constituencies, Amravati has 35,810 voters, of whom 22,394 had voted, while 35,860 out of 61,940 voters in Pune had cast their votes by 2 pm.
The Mahayuti, comprising the BJP, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena and Sunetra Pawar-led NCP, and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance of the Congress, Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) and Uddhav Thackeray-headed Shiv Sena (UBT) are contesting all five seats.
Counting of votes is scheduled for October 27, while the election process will be completed by October 31.
The Pune Graduates’ constituency has the highest number of candidates at 47, followed by Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) Graduates’ constituency at 41, Nagpur Graduates’ constituency at 38, Pune Teachers’ Constituency at 30, and Amravati Teachers’ constituency at 26.
In the 78-member Legislative Council, the BJP is the largest party with 35 members, followed by the Shiv Sena with 12 and the NCP with 10. Among the opposition parties, the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) have five MLCs each, while the NCP (SP) has two. The House also has four independent MLCs. PTI MR NR NP KRK
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