Maharashtra voter turnout highest since 1995

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024 witness increased voter turnout, highest since 1995, with potential to impact government formation.

After a showdown of Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024, the State recorded a voter turnout of 65.11 %. The turnout went up compared to the 2024 Lok Sabha election and 2019 Assembly election, where the turnout was 61.39% and 61.4% respectively. The voting percentage is also seen as the highest since the 1995 assembly elections, where turnout was 71.7%

The increased voter turnout and increased voter base from the Lok Sabha election could decide who forms the government after the results are out on November 23.

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Across the State, the highest voting was recorded in Kolhapur at 76.25%, whereas the lowest was in Mumbai City at 52.07%. Kolhapur consists of five Assembly constituencies- Chandgad, Radhanagari, Kolhapur South, Karvir, and Kolhapur North.  The major battle was between NCP (AP) Guardian Minister Hasan Musrif and NCP-SP leader Samarjeetsinh Ghatge and another battle of Karvir, where Congress candidate Rahul Patil fought Shinde Sena’s Chandradip Narke.

The second on the list was the naxal-hit Gadchiroli district, the voting percentage stood at 73.68%. In other parts of Maharashtra, the voter turnout increased slightly, including Ahmednagar - 71.73%, Akola - 64.98%, Amravati - 65.57%, Aurangabad - 68.89%, Beed - 67.79%, Bhandara - 69.42%, Buldhana - 70.32%, Chandrapur - 71.27%, Dhule - 64.70 %, Gondiya - 69.53 %, Hingoli - 71.10 %, Jalgaon - 64.42%, Latur - 66.92%, Nagpur - 60.49 %, Nanded - 64.92%, Nandurbar - 69.15%, Nashik - 67.57%, Osmanabad - 64.27%, Palghar - 65.95%, Parbhani - 70.38%, Pune - 61.05%, Raigad - 67.23%, Ratnagiri - 64.55%, Sangli - 71.89 %, Satara - 71.7%, Sindhudurg - 68.40%, Solapur - 67.36, %Thane - 56.05%, Wardha - 68.30%, Washim - 66.01%, and Yavatmal - 69.02%.

Vidharbha and Western Maharashtra witnessed an increase in voter turnout. In Marathwada, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil’s home turf, Jalna saw the highest voting at 72.30%.

The lowest voter turnout marked in the urban region and island city of Maharashtra, Mumbai City- 52.07% and Mumbai Suburban -55.77%. However, Bhandup in Mumbai’s Eastern suburb marked the highest turnout at 61.1%, whereas the posh locality Bandra West and Chandivali had the lowest turnout at 50.36% and 50.07%, respectively, while Colaba in South Mumbai, as usual, marked the lowest turnout at 44.49%.