Mumbai steps out to vote in record numbers, but is it enough?

City sees highest voter turnout in 30 years, but still trails other parts of the country at 55.11 percent

By Mexy Xavier
Apr 30, 2019, 11:24 IST1 min
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Ajay Piramal cast his vote at a BMC school at Worli Sea Face in Mumbai. <br />
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Anand Mahindra: Anand Mahindra cast his vote at Walsingham House School in Mumbai. <br />
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Amidst the Jet Airways crisis, Naresh Goyal steps out to make his vote count. <br />
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Politician Sachin Ahir cast his vote at a BMC school, Worli Sea Face, with wife Sangeeta Ahir and others. <br />
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Actress and newly-minted Congress candidate, Urmila Matondkar cast her vote at Petit School, Bandra<br /><br />
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Actress Rekha cast her vote at Mount Mary Convent High School, Bandra West, early on Monday morning<br /><br />
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Tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi casts his vote at St Anne&rsquos High School, Bandra West<br /><br />
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Congress candidate Priya Dutt and husband Owen Roncon cast their votes at St Anne&rsquos High School, Bandra West. <br />
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Chheda Nagar resident Mr. Krishnan, inspite of his ill health, travelled to cast his vote directly from the ICU of Zen Hospital in Chembur
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An old lady returns home with the help of a walker after casting her vote, while another elderly lady awaits her turn to vote in her wheelchair, at Villa Theresa High School in Mumbai.<br /...
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