Mumbai, April 30: With the fourth phase of the said LS elections, the state of Maharashtra has waved off procedure for the season with 57 per cent of voting in its termination phase. The Election Commission also estimated the total voting rate of all four phases to be 60.68 per cent measuring 35 basis points more when compared to that of year 2014.
"The estimated voting for 17 Lok Sabha seats that went to polls in 4th phase is 57 per cent. These figures are based at estimated voting till 6 pm. The final figure will be announced soon”, said the state chief electoral official.
With this, the polling is over in Maharashtra, which sends 48 MPs, second highest after Uttar Pradesh which sends 80. "The cumulative figure of Maharashtra voting in all four phases would be 60.68 per cent. The estimation includes final voting figures of first three phases and tentative figures of the fourth phase”, the official added.
According to the Election Commission, the average polling in the 17 constituencies that went to polls Monday was 55.59 per cent in 2014. There were around 8.8 crore registered voters in Maharashtra, of which 5.4 crores were estimated to have exercised their franchise this time.
Polling for 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra included the country's commercial and glamour capital, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, a world-famous pilgrimage centre and some of the most backward tribal hamlets.
The fate of as many as 323 candidates got sealed by almost 3.11 crore voters in phase 4. Major parties in the fray marked to be the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Shiv Sena, and Nationalist Congress Party.
However, the key constituencies contesting were Mumbai North, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai South-Central, Nashik, Kalyan, Thane, Nandurbar, Dhule, Dindori, Palghar, Bhiwandi, Maval, Shirdi and Shirur.