Maharashtra Assembly Polls: 60.5% Voting Till 6 PM, Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Cast Votes

The voting commenced at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. The BJP-Shiv Sena is looking for second term.

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Maharashtra Assembly Polls: 60.5% Voting Till 6 PM, Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Cast Votes

Polling officials checking the Electronic Voting Machine at a polling booth in Mumbai.( Photo Credit : IANS Photo)

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2019: Polling has begun in all 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra where 3,237 candidates, including 235 women, are in the fray. The voting commenced at 7 am and will end at 6 pm. The BJP-Shiv Sena is looking for second term. Prominent candidates include Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis from Nagpur South-West, and his predecessors from the Congress -- Ashok Chavan, who is contesting from Bhokar in Nanded district, and Prithviraj Chavan, who is seeking a re-election from Karad South in Satara district. The BJP, under Fadnavis' leadership, is seeking a second straight term in the state. Aaditya Thackeray, the son of Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, has also entered the poll fray from Worli constituency in Mumbai.

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