Mumbai:Will City of Dreams break previous voter turnout records?

Mumbai: With polling for Maharashtra Assembly elections scheduled for today, it would be interesting to see if India’s financial capital, Mumbai, infamous for low voter turnout, can break its previous records.
Mumbai’s voter turnout remained below 50 per cent between 1999 to 2009 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. In 2014, however, the tally improved and the city crossed the halfway mark in both General and state Assembly polls.
This year, the city registered its highest-ever turnout in the general elections with 55 per cent people coming out to exercise their adult franchise. However, Mumbai still lagged behind national capital Delhi where 60 per cent voter turnout was registered.
During his election speeches, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also appealed people to not skip voting and come out for vote on Monday.
In Mumbai, 9,894 polling stations have been set up at 1,537 locations. 36 out of 288 seats come in the city where 334 candidates are in the fray. Mumbai has 97.72 lakh registered voters.
BJP and Shiv Sena are contesting 17 and 19 of these seats respectively while the Congress has fielded candidates in 29 seats of the city. Congress ally NCP has pitted candidates on six seats whereas one seat is being contested by Samajwadi party candidate.