Maharashtra voting percentage at 45.53% till 3 pm, will turnout surpass last election tally?

Maharashtra voting percentage: The Mumbai city recorded 39.34 per cent till 3 pm, according to the Election Commission data.

Maharashtra voting percentage: After a sluggish start, the voter turnout in the Maharashtra assembly election reached 45.53 per cent at 3.00 pm.

Voters stand in queues to cast their ballots to vote at a polling booth, during the Maharashtra state assembly elections.(AFP)

The Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra recorded the highest voter turnout of 62.99 per cent, while the district of Thane recorded the lowest voter turnout of 38.94 per cent.

The Mumbai city recorded 39.34 per cent till 3 pm, according to the Election Commission data. Mumbai Suburban recorded a voter turnout of 40.89 per cent, Nagpur 44.45 per cent, Aurangabad 47.05 per cent, Pune 41.70 per cent, Nashik 46.86 per cent, Satara 49.82 per cent, Dhule 47.62 per cent, Palghar 46.82 per cent, Ratnagiri 50.04 per cent, Nanded 42.87 per cent and Latur 48.34 per cent.

In 2019, Maharashtra registered a voter turnout of 61.4%.

By 1 pm, the Mumbai city polled 27.73 percent votes. Suburban Mumbai polled 30.43 percent.

With 50.89 percent polling, Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district has registered the highest voter turnout in the state till now.

Maharashtra voter turnout data till 11 am

Voting for 288 seats in the Maharashtra assembly election is underway.

According to Election Commission's data, the Gadchiroli district recorded a 30 per cent turnout in the first four hours of voting.

Aheri in the district saw 30.6 per cent voting at 11 am, while the Armori assembly registered 30.75 per cent polling.

Mumbai city district recorded 15.78 per cent voting by 11 am; Mumbai suburban district recorded 17.99 per cent polling.

The Colaba assembly segment in the city registered 13.03 per cent polling, Mahim 19.66 per cent and Worli 14.59 per cent.

In Mumbai suburban, Bhandup polled 23.42 per cent votes.

In chief minister Eknath Shinde's Kopri-Pachpakhadi constituency in Thane, the voter turnout was 18.22 per cent.

In the Nagpur South-West constituency, from where Deputy Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis is in the fray, the voter turnout was 19.91 per cent till 11 am, the officials said.

In Baramati in Pune district, from where Deputy Chief Minister and NCP chief Ajit Pawar is fighting against his nephew Yugendra Pawar, the poll percentage was 18.81 per cent, they added.

With inputs from PTI