Compared to 2019 polls, 50,000 more voted in Maval, but percentage still slipped

Compared to 2019, in 2014, 2,87,613 new voters were registered. However, only 51,000 came out to vote.

Of the six assembly seats in Maval Lok Sabha constituency, Chinchwad registered highest voting where 3,22,700 voters exercised their franchise. This is followed by Panvel which saw 295,973 residents casting their vote.

On the third spot is Uran constituency where 2,14,169 voters exercised their franchise.

Karjat assembly seat saw 1,89,853 people coming out to vote, Maval assembly seat had 2,06,949 voters and in Pimpri 1,88,795 voters exercised their franchise.

When it came to the highest percentage of voting, Uran topped the list with 67 per cent. This was followed by Karjat at 61.40 pc. Next was Maval with 55 per cent. Chinchwad had 52.20 per cent voting. While Pimpri and Panvel had nearly 50 per cent polling.

Both key contestants Shrirang Barne of the Shiv Sena and Sanjog Waghere of the Shiv Sena (UBT) are from Pimpri-Chinchwad area. The Maval seat is divided into two parts. Three assembly constituencies of Panvel, Uran and Karjat are in Raigad district while three assembly seats of Pimpri, Chinchwad and Maval are in Pune district. The number of voters are also equally divided between them.

The counting of votes for Maval seat will take place on June 4.

The contestants are not worried at the lower voter turnout. Barne continues to maintain that he will win by a margin of over two lakh votes. “I will win by more than two lakh votes. The margin will be more than what I secured in 2019 elections,” he claimed. In 2019 elections, Barne had defeated Parth Pawar of the undivided NCP.

Waghere, on the other hand, claims that he has better chance of winning.

“There was no Modi wave and there was lot of anger among voters about Barne,” he said.