Hey there, folks! It’s your friendly neighborhood journalist here with some hot-off-the-press updates from the Hadapsar Assembly constituency in Pune. So, get this – despite having the largest number of voters among Pune’s constituencies, Hadapsar recorded the lowest voter turnout in the Maharashtra Assembly elections. What a plot twist, right?
With a whopping 6,25,675 registered voters, you’d think there would be lines out the door at every polling station. But alas, that wasn’t the case. Despite efforts by the district administration to get people to the polls, only 47.23% of voters showed up, falling short of the turnout in the 2019 elections. What gives, Hadapsar?
Now, let’s talk about the showdown that went down in this constituency. We had Prashant Jagtap from the NCP, Chetan Tupe representing the Mahayuti alliance, Sainath Babar from the MNS, and Gangadhar Badhe running independently. It was a four-way battle, folks!
Prominent leaders like Sharad Pawar, Supriya Sule, and Raj Thackeray hit the campaign trail, but even their star power couldn’t get people to the polls. Voting started off slow in the morning, with residential areas looking like ghost towns until the afternoon. But hey, props to the folks in the slum areas – they showed up in full force, queuing up to cast their votes.
Despite efforts to make voting easier, like crèche facilities for parents with kids, some polling stations were lacking in basic amenities. But hey, at least the slum dwellers were all in – they were more pumped than the folks in the fancy residential societies.
Overall, the low voter turnout in Hadapsar shines a light on the struggle of getting urban voters to the polls, even with big names in the political arena duking it out. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates on this nail-biter of an election!
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