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Polling ended on Thursday in the 10 municipal corporations across Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation.
The polling was marked by poor turnout in Mumbai, with hardly 30 per cent electorate casting their votes. espite all government offices, educational institutions and a large number of private establishments declaring a holiday to enable the voters cast their ballots, there were hardly any queues seen at polling stations.
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Image: Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray at the polling booth.Photographs: Sahil Salvi/Rediff.com
Congress member of Parliament from Mumbai North-Central constituency, Priya Dutt, expressed strong displeasure over the apathy of voters.
"It is very sad that a lot of people have not come out to vote. If you don't vote, you have no right to complain. They are not contributing to the society. You are getting what you deserve....you are harming the society and the country," she said.
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HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh also disapproved of the people's lukewarm response to the civic elections. "Voting is a fundamental right and people must exercise their franchise," he said.
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"Educated people don't come out and vote. The quality of life is going down in the city and some desperate measures are needed," he said.
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Film personality Gulzar, who arrived at a polling station to cast his vote was "disappointed" that his name was missing from the voters list.
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No untoward incident has so far been reported from anywhere in the city or nine other municipal bodies where polling is underway.
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A 55-year-old identified as Lalmani Vishwakarma, collapsed and died after casting his ballot at yograj Vidyalaya polling booth in Saki Naka's ward number 154.
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An electorate of over 2.02 crore is eligible to elect their representatives from among 1,244 candidates in the fray.
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Image: Congress leader Gurudas Kamath with familyPhotographs: Sahil Salvi/Rediff.com
Besides Mumbai, elections are being held in Thane, Ulhasnagar, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Solapur, Nashik, Akola, Amravati, Nagpur and Mumbai municipal corporations.
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A determined voter turns up to cast his vote.
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Mumbai Congress president Kripashankar Singh with wife.
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An elderly couple at a polling booth.
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Bollywood actress and social activist Shabana Azmi.
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Bollywood personality Jaya Bachchan at a polling booth.
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President of women cell of Bharatiya Janata Party and member of Parliament, Smriti Irani.
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Former Bollywood villain Ranjit with family
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