A total of 2.09 million voters across Maharashtra will cast their votes today to elect representatives of 12 zilla Parisads (ZPs) and 125 panchayat samitis. after the campaign came to an end on Thursday night.
The electorate includes 1.07 million men, 1.02 million women and 473 others who will decide the fate of candidates seeking 731 ZP seats and 1,462 panchayat samiti seats.
The state has 32 ZPs and 336 panchayat samitis in total. However, elections in 20 ZPs and 211 panchayat samitis were put on hold following the intervention of the Supreme Court as these bodies had crossed the maximum reservation limit of 50 per cent.
The districts voting today include five from western Maharashtra- PuneSatara, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur; four from Marathwada-Dharashiv, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Latur and Parbhani; and three from the Konkan region: Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg.
The campaign remained largely somber following the sudden accidental death of deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash on January 28. Both the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) faction have fielded candidates together, and many NCP (SP) nominees have contested using the NCP clock symbol.
Even the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis He distanced himself from the active campaign. He was scheduled to begin his campaign in Konkan on January 28, but those plans were shelved after Pawar’s tragic death. Instead, state ministers and local BJP MPs reached out to voters.
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Additionally, instead of a physical campaign, the NCP released a pre-recorded video message from Ajit Pawar, filmed on January 24. In this video, he appealed to voters to support the party’s candidates, focusing on the NCP’s commitment to agriculture, rural development, youth employment and women’s empowerment.
Voting in 12 Zilla Parishads and 125 Panchayat Samitis today
Total voter strength: 2.09 million voters
Breakdown by gender:
– Men: 1.07 Cr.
– Women: 1.02 Cr.
– Others: 473 lakh
Distribution of voters by district at polling stations
Western Maharashtra: Pune – Voter Distribution | Electoral centers
– Indapur: 3.21L | 400, the highest
– Purandar: 1.89L | 235
– Bhor: 1.54L | 237
– Haveli: 2.51L | 263
– Ambegaón: 1.84L | 239
– Junnar: 3.07L | 366
– Khed: 2.95L | 337
– Baramati: 2.64L | 299
– Maval: 2L | 243
– Mulshi: 1.73L | 227
– Shirur: 3.01L | 337
– Daund: 2.73L | 317
– Velhe (Rajgad): 55,230 | 105
Konkan Region:
Raigad: 2.11L | 400 (highest)
Ratnagiri: 2.73L | 317
Sindhudurg: Data is not fully visible
Districts that go to elections
Western Maharashtra (5 districts):
Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Solapur
Marathwada (4 districts):
Latur, Dharashiv, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Parbhani
Konkan (3 districts):
– Sindhudurg
– raigad
– Ratnagiri
Total electoral seats
ZP Seats: Total – 731 seats in ZP
Reserved for women: 369
Scheduled caste: 83
Scheduled tribes: 25
OBC: 191
Panchayat Samiti: Total: 1,462 Panchayat Samiti seats
Reserved for women: 731
Scheduled caste: 166
Scheduled tribes: 38
OBC: 342
Pune Facts:
– More than 29L voters in Pune district
– 3,605 polling stations
– Total Men – 15,22,256
– Total Women – 14,50,014
– Others – 91