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Andheri West, Versova, Goregaon saw more than 9 per cent rise in voting

BJP candidates contested all three seats; fewer voters cast their ballots in Anushakti Nagar as compared to 2019

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Women voters in Agripada. Pic/Shadab Khan

Women voters in Agripada. Pic/Shadab Khan

The overall voting percentage points of Mumbai increased compared to the last election, but there are a few suburbs where the voting has increased as much as 10 percentage points. Andheri West, Versova, Goregaon, Mulund, Borivli, Bandra West, Kurla and Bhandup showed the highest percentages in terms of an increase in voting. Interestingly, BJP candidates were contesting from most of these constituencies. Anushakti Nagar is the only constituency where the voting percentage decreased this year.

Voting percentage across the state increased by five to seven points. In the 2019 Assembly election, the voting percentage of the Suburban district was 51.28 and City district was 48.22. This time, voting in the suburbs increased to 56.39 percentage while in the city, the turnout was 52.65 percentage. Though the overall difference is around five percentage, there are a few constituencies which showed higher turnout than others. 

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