Maharashtra's 65.1% Voter Turnout Is 2nd Largest Since 1990s

Voting for the 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly - the last major election this year - took place in a single phase on Wednesday; the majority mark is 145.

The 65.1 per cent voter turnout Wednesday for the Maharashtra election was the second highest in the state since the 1995 election, when a massive 71.5 per cent was recorded.

Voter turnout fell sharply to 61 per cent for the 1999 election and slipped further to 59.7 per cent for 2009, before an uptick to 63.4 per cent in 2014 and 61.4 per cent in the 2019 poll.