In first in 18 years, ballots cast in Red-hit Gadchiroli without a bullet being fired
Published On : 2024-11-21T09:17:14+0530 [ IST ] |
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MUMBAI: Trends from the EC website indicated a sharp difference in voting patterns between urban and rural areas but an overall improvement in both segments.
At least nine districts in Vidarbha - which included the remote Naxal-affected belt - logged polling percentages in the range of 64-72% as opposed to the state average of 65.08% (as of 11.45pm). In comparison urban clusters of MMR, Pune, Nagpur and
The island city of Mumbai which stretches from Colaba to Mahim recorded the lowest turnout among all districts at 51% but the overall average for Mumbai which is notorious for voter apathy was a shade higher at 52.1% from the previous assembly poll. Similarly Pune was at 61.1% as opposed to 58% in 2019 and Nagpur at 60.5%, much
Among other rural areas at least four districts in the drought-prone Marathwada three in the arid north Maharashtra and three in the sugarcane belt of western Maharashtra recorded much higher poll
The districts with the highest voting percentages were tribal-dominated Gadchiroli (73.7%) in Vidarbha and Kolhapur (76.3%) in western Maharashtra. The waning influence of Maoists in Gadchiroli was evident with not a bullet fired or a grenade lob
In Marathwada it is Jalna - which is the epicentre of the Manoj Jarange-led Maratha agitation - and Hingoli which recorded the highest voting at 72.3%. In Jalna BJP has taken on NCP
In the north Maharashtra district of Ahmednagar where polling was 71.7% at least four seats have two NCP factions pitted against each other and in the coastal belt Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg saw polling in the range of 64-6
Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles
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MUMBAI: Trends from the EC website indicated a sharp difference in voting patterns between urban and rural areas but an overall improvement in both segments.
At least nine districts in Vidarb
