Estimated 60 per cent voting for Maha civic polls

Mumbai, Feb 1 (UNI) An estimated 60 per cent of the 1.57 crore electorate spread across ten municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, exercised their franchise in today's elections to the urban civic bodies.

State Election Commissioner (SEC) Nandlal told reporters here that the elections were held in a fair and peaceful manner barring incidents in Akola, where a sitting corporator created ruckus inside a polling booth over voters being asked to produce identification documents and another in Ulhasnagar where a polling booth was attacked by a mob and polling had to be stopped for 30 minutes.

Mr Nandlal lauded the election officials and the police for their 'outstanding job' in helping the smooth conduct of elections.

The corporations, which went to polls today are Mumbai, Thane, Ulhasnagar, Pune, Nagpur, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Akola, Amravati, Solapur and Nashik.

Giving the approximate vote percentage, the SEC said Mumbai witnessed an estimated 45 per cent polling, Thane 60 per cent, Ulhasnagar 46 per cent, Pune 55-57 per cent, Pimpri-Chinchwad 65 per cent, Solapur 60 per cent, Nashik 60 per cent, Akola 65 per cent, Amravati 65 per cent and Nagpur 60 per cent.

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