Mumbai: 6.45 per cent voting was recorded till 9 am on Monday in 11 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra during the fourth phase of the general elections, according to data shared by officials.
Voting in Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna Aurangabad, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi and Beed constituencies began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm, an official said.
Union minister Raosaheb Danve, BJP leader Pankaja Munde and actor-turned-politician Amol Kolhe are among the prominent candidates.
A total of 298 candidates are in the fray, with Beed constituency having the highest number of 41 candidates while Nandurbar has the least number of 11 candidates.
A total of 2.28 crore voters are eligible to participate in the fourth phase of elections in the state.These include 1.18 crore men, 1.09 crore women and 1,272 voters of the third gender.
Across the 11 constituencies, there are 23,284 polling stations, of which 83 are considered critical.
The official said that voting is going on using 53,959 ballot units, 23,284 control units and 23,28 VVPAT machines.
The BJP has again fielded Union ministers Danve from Jalna constituency and Suja Vikhe Patil from Ahmednagar, and former minister of state Pankaja Munde from Beed.
Actor Amol Kolhe is the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate from Shirur Lok Sabha seat in Pune district.In Marathwada, in Jalna it is BJP versus Congress, and in Aurangabad it is Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) versus Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
In Beed, the BJP has fielded former minister of state Pankaja Munde in place of sitting MP and her younger sister Pritam Munde. Pankaja's main rival is Bajran Sonawane of NCP (SP).
In Shirur, sitting NCP (SP) MP Kolhe is facing off against Shivajira Adhalrao Patil, who is contesting as the NCP candidate led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
After Baramati in Pune district, Shirur is another prestige battle for Aji Pawar, who has publicly said he wants to ensure Kolhe's defeat.In Nandurbar (ST-Reserved) in North Maharashtra, sitting BJP MP Heena Gavi and Congress's Gowal Padvi are in direct contest.
In Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra, BJP's Sujay Vikhe Patil is contesting against NCP (SP)'s Nilesh Lanke.
Lanke, MLA from Parner in Ahmednagar district, defected to Ajit Pawar after the NCP split in July 2023. However, he later returned to the Sharad Pawar camp.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after 80 in Uttar Pradesh.Voting has been completed on 24 out of 48 seats in the first three phase elections.
Voting in Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna Aurangabad, Maval, Pune, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi and Beed constituencies began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm, an official said.
Union minister Raosaheb Danve, BJP leader Pankaja Munde and actor-turned-politician Amol Kolhe are among the prominent candidates.
A total of 298 candidates are in the fray, with Beed constituency having the highest number of 41 candidates while Nandurbar has the least number of 11 candidates.
A total of 2.28 crore voters are eligible to participate in the fourth phase of elections in the state.These include 1.18 crore men, 1.09 crore women and 1,272 voters of the third gender.
Across the 11 constituencies, there are 23,284 polling stations, of which 83 are considered critical.
The official said that voting is going on using 53,959 ballot units, 23,284 control units and 23,28 VVPAT machines.
The BJP has again fielded Union ministers Danve from Jalna constituency and Suja Vikhe Patil from Ahmednagar, and former minister of state Pankaja Munde from Beed.
Actor Amol Kolhe is the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) candidate from Shirur Lok Sabha seat in Pune district.In Marathwada, in Jalna it is BJP versus Congress, and in Aurangabad it is Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) versus Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena.
In Beed, the BJP has fielded former minister of state Pankaja Munde in place of sitting MP and her younger sister Pritam Munde. Pankaja's main rival is Bajran Sonawane of NCP (SP).
In Shirur, sitting NCP (SP) MP Kolhe is facing off against Shivajira Adhalrao Patil, who is contesting as the NCP candidate led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
After Baramati in Pune district, Shirur is another prestige battle for Aji Pawar, who has publicly said he wants to ensure Kolhe's defeat.In Nandurbar (ST-Reserved) in North Maharashtra, sitting BJP MP Heena Gavi and Congress's Gowal Padvi are in direct contest.
In Ahmednagar in western Maharashtra, BJP's Sujay Vikhe Patil is contesting against NCP (SP)'s Nilesh Lanke.
Lanke, MLA from Parner in Ahmednagar district, defected to Ajit Pawar after the NCP split in July 2023. However, he later returned to the Sharad Pawar camp.
Maharashtra has 48 Lok Sabha seats, the second highest after 80 in Uttar Pradesh.Voting has been completed on 24 out of 48 seats in the first three phase elections.
