Maharashtra Assembly Election Results 2019: The counting of the votes have begun! The BJP is hoping for thumping mandate for second term as the polling officers will reveal the verdict of polls that took place on Monday. The fate of over 3,000 candidates will be declared by 5 pm today. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is confident of second term as predicted by all exit polls. It would be interesting to see how well the Shiv Sena performs. Because it would be these number of seats that would pave the path for Aaditya Thackeray’s future. Counting of votes for the 288 Assembly segments will be conducted at 269 locations, the officials said. The polling held on Monday saw a voter turnout of 61.13 per cent, a dip from the 63.20 per cent recorded in 2014, the official said. The highest turnout, of 83.93 per cent, was reported in the Karveer assembly seat in Kolhapur, while the lowest was in south Mumbai’s upmarket Colaba area at 40.11 per cent.
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