Maharashtra Elections 2024: Live Updates for Phase 5: Workers from the Congress and BJP fight during the Sion polls

Maharashtra Elections 2024: Live Updates for Phase 5: Workers from the Congress and BJP fight during the Sion polls

Phase 5 of the Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election 2024 is live. Voting for the state's fifth and final round of general elections began at 3 p.m. on Monday in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, with a voter turnout of 38.77%, according to poll supervisors. Of the 13 seats, the following had the highest polling percentages: Bhiwandi (27.34%), Dhule (28.13%), Dindori (33.25%), Kalyan (22.52%), Mumbai North (26.78%), Mumbai North Central (28.05%), Mumbai North East (28.12%), Mumbai North West (28.11%), Mumbai South (24.46%), Mumbai South Central (27.21%), Nashik (28.51%), Palghar (31.06%), and Thane (26.05%).

In his political sphere, Thane, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde cast his ballot at a booth with his family.

According to Shinde, the Shiv Sena-BJP will win all 10 seats in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), which includes three seats in Thane district, the Palghar seat, and six seats in Mumbai itself.

Uddhav Thackeray, the leader of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and a former chief minister, and his spouse Rashmi Thackeray cast ballots at a polling place in Mumbai's Bandra district.

Gujarat Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray and his spouse Sharmila Thackeray cast ballots at a booth in the Dadar neighborhood of Mumbai.

Milind Deora, a Shiv Sena MP, cast his ballot at a polling place in south Mumbai.

Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2024 phase 5: Voting in Maharashtra till 9 pm - 50.3%

Bhiwandi - 49.4Dhule - 49.9Dindori - 57.9Kalyan - 43Mumbai North - 49Mumbai North Central - 47.5Mumbai North East - 50.6Mumbai North West - 50.5Mumbai South - 45.2Mumbai South Central - 49.4Nasik - 51Palghar - 58.8Thane - 49.8

Phase 5 of the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2024: On the day of the LS voting in Mumbai, Soha Ali Khan organizes a fun "house election."

Power couple Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu were among the Bollywood superstars who exercised their right to vote in the Lok Sabha polls on Monday. They were photographed at a polling station in Mumbai, proudly exhibiting their tattooed index fingers.

Mumbai constituencies were included in the Lok Sabha polls' fifth phase.

Outside of the public eye, Soha Ali Khan brought some humor to the democratic process by holding a lighthearted "house election" with her family and housekeepers.

Sharing the light-hearted voting results on her Instagram Stories, Soha wrote, "We had our own house election to see everyone is happy with the way things are."

Phase 5 of the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2024: Mahima Chaudhary and Udit Narayan exercise their right to vote

Singer Udit Narayan was seen leaving a Mumbai polling place on Monday after participating in the Lok Sabha elections' fifth phase. In an interview with ANI, the singer stated, "A true citizen should vote proudly. We feel proud that our country is moving forward....Sabka saath, sabka vikas.

Phase five of the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections 2024: A clash breaks out between Congress and BJP supporters while voting continues in Little Angel School

Workers from the Congress and BJP got into a fight at Little Angel School, which is in the Sion neighborhood of Mumbai, while voting was still going on. Congress officials accused BJP members of meddling in the election by approaching the polling place, citing the BJP workers' claims that they were providing voting slips to voters 100 meters away from the polling place. Workers from the Congress and BJP then confronted each other, with the BJP claiming that they even made threats to kill two persons.

Based on the complaint of a BJP worker, Sion police registered a case against two unknown people under section 506(2) of IPC and started further investigation: Mumbai Police