Voting in polls to 29 municipal corporations across Maharashtra ended at 5:30pm on Thursday.
State Election Commissioner Dinesh Waghmare told PTI Videos, after voting ended at 5:30pm, that the turnout so far is 46-50 per cent.
He said this is higher than the figure for the 2017 civic polls and that he was satisfied with the turnout.
As per SEC data, the voter turnout was 41.13 per cent till 3.30 pm across the state.
As at 3:30pm, Kolhapur led with a voter turnout of 50.85 per cent. It was 41.08 per cent in Mumbai, 36.95 per cent in Pune, 41.23 per cent in Nagpur, 43.67 per cent in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and 39.64 percent in Nashik.
Voting for the 227-member civic body, India's largest and richest, began at 7.30am amid tight security. As many as 1,700 candidates are in the fray.
Counting of votes will begin at 10am on Friday, including 25 places in Mumbai.
(With Inputs from PTI) |
