India News | 9.2 Crore Voters Eligible to Exercise Their Franchise for 48 LS Seats in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Mar 16 (PTI) A total of 9.2 crore voters, including over 50,000 centenarians, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra, marking an increase of 34 lakh from 2019, according to a top Election Commission official.

Lok Sabha polls in the state will be held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13 and May 20 and votes will be counted on June 4.

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According to Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer S Chockalingam, there are 4,78,50,789 male and 4,41,74,722 female voters in the state as of March 15. The state has 5,559 transgender voters.

He said the number of voters has increased by 34,69,534 since 2019.

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There are 1,78,84,862 voters in the age group of 18 to 29 years.

Maharashtra has 13,15,166 eligible voters over 85 years, including 52,908 over 100.

The state has 97,325 polling centres, he said.

The Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases spread over 44 days starting April 19, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday. Announcing the poll schedule to elect the 543-member Lok Sabha, he said that over 97 crore voters – 49.7 crore male and 47.1 crore female – are eligible to cast their votes across 10.5 lakh polling booths in the country.

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