Mumbai: A voter turnout of 54.53 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in Maharashtra, after polling for 288 Assembly seats began at 7 am on Monday, officials said. Besides this, bye-elections is also underway in Satara Lok Sabha constituency. Polling is expected to conclude at 6 pm.
A Swabhimani Paksha candidate was admitted to the hospital after three motocycle-borne masked men opened fire at him when he was going in a car, and also beat him up after pulling him out of the vehicle in Amravati district, police said. The attackers later set his car ablaze. Besides this, minor scuffle was reported in Jalna, Beed and Virar districts.
Prominent personalities who voted include RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, CM Devendra Fadnavis, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and MNS chief Raj Thackeray. Several Bollywood celebrities including Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit Nene, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, stepped out to vote for the Maharashtra Assembly elections.
(With inputs from The Indian Express)