Mumbai recorded an overall voter turnout of 52.94 per cent in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election held on Thursday — the second highest the city has seen in the last 32 years. According to the civic body’s data, the highest turnout was 55.28 per cent, reported in 2017, before which it was 49.14 per cent, as recorded in the 1992 polls.
The current poll has been held after a gap of nine years, which includes a four-year delay since the tenure of the last elected body expired. Meanwhile, technical glitches were reported at several polling stations.
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While most wards recorded a voter turnout of over 50 per cent on Thursday, three wards saw the figures crossing 60 per cent. The highest voting turnout was recorded in the western suburbs of Borivali and Dahisar, while the lowest was at Kalbadevi, Pydhonie and the Bhuleshwar area in South Mumbai.
The data shows that a turnout of 62.04 per cent was recorded in Ward 18 in Borivali which is witnessing a direct fight between Shiv Sena’s Sandhya Vipul Doshi and Sadichha More of the the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
This is followed by a 60.67 per cent turnout recorded at Ward 4 in Dahisar where a three-cornered contest is underway between Sena’s Mangesh Pangare, Sena (UBT) candidate Raju Mulla and Congress’s Rahul Vishwakarma.
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Ward 9 in Borivali recorded a turnout of 60.5 per cent. Nine candidates are in the fray here, including the BJP’s Shivanand Shetty, Sanjay Bhosale from the Sena (UBT), and Sadanand Chauhan from the Congress.
Meanwhile, the lowest turnout of 38.21 per cent has been recorded at Ward 221 in the Kalbadevi area of South Mumbai. Here, six candidates from the BJP, Sena (UBT), Congress, Samajwadi Party (SP), and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are contesting the elections.
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A turnout of 42.67 per cent was recorded in Pydhonie’s Ward 219, where four candidates are contesting, including those from the Sena (UBT), BJP, and the Congress, while Kalbadevi’s Ward 220, where seven candidates are contesting, saw a turnout of 42.71 per cent.
The poll results will be announced on Friday.
