Maharashtra Exit Poll Results: Polling in all the 288 Assembly seats in Maharashtra is underway today as people are exercising their franchise to seal the fate of Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance, putting their final approval as to who will lead the state for the next five years. As election results will be declared on November 23, stay tuned with Republic Media Network as we analyse exit poll results to predict which party or alliance will have the edge in the Assembly elections.

Polling slow in Maharashtra 

After a sluggish start, voter turnout in Maharashtra started to pick up. Till 5pm, Maharashtra has recorded 58.22 voter turnout respectively, as per Election Commission of India. Till 3 pm, the turnout stood at 45.53 per cent in the single-phase assembly elections on Wednesday. 

Meanwhile, Jharkhand recorded comparatively a higher voter turnout of 61.47 per cent in the second phase of assembly polls in Jharkhand as of 3 pm, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI).

A Maoist-hit Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra recorded the highest voter turnout of 62.99 per cent, while the district of Thane recorded the lowest voter turnout of 38.94 per cent and Mumbai city recorded 39.34 per cent till 3 pm, as per the data of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

Voting trends in Maharashtra 

As per the data of the ECI, below are voting trends till 3 pm 

• Mumbai Suburban | 40.89 per cent 
• Nagpur | 44.45 per cent 
• Aurangabad | 47.05 per cent 
• Pune | 41.70 per cent 
• Nashik | 46.86 per cent 
• Satara | 49.82 per cent 
• Dhule | 47.62 per cent 
• Palghar | 46.82 per cent 
• Ratnagiri | 50.04 per cent 
• Nanded | 42.87 per cent 
•  Latur | 48.34 per cent 

The voter turnout for the Nanded Parliamentary constituency in Maharashtra was recorded at 41.58 per cent till 3 pm.

As by-polls are also underway on several seats, Kedarnath in Uttarakhand recorded a turnout of 47 per cent while Palakkad in Kerala recorded a 54.11 per cent turnout till 3 pm.

In the bye-elections of Punjab , a voter turnout for Gidderbaha was recorded at 65.80 per cent, Dera Baba Nanak at 52.20 per cent, Barnala at 40 per cent and Chabbewal at 40.25 per cent.

As of 3 pm, in Uttar Pradesh by-polls, Meerapur recorded a voter turnout of 49.06 per cent, Majhwan 43.64 per cent, Khair 39.86 per cent, Phulpur 36.58 per cent, Kundarki 50.03 per cent, Karhal 44.70 per cent, Katehari 49.29 per cent, Ghaziabad 27.44 per cent and Sishmau 40.29 per cent.

Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single phase of 288 seats of the Maharashtra assembly elections and the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, covering the remaining 38 seats.

The results for all the seats in Maharashtra and Jharkhand and by-poll sets will be announced on November 23.