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Mumbai:
Barring a stray fight between two groups, five municipal
corporations in the state saw peaceful voting with an average of
55 percent turnout Sunday.
As many as 2,402 candidates contested in 371 wards in five
municipal corporations, namely Bhiwandi-Nizampur (90 seats),
Malegaon (80), Chandrapur (66), Parbhani (65) and Latur (70).
According to the State Election Commission, 55 percent of
1,518,173 people eligible to voter cast the ballot.
As many as 2,450 electronic voting machines were used for polling
in 1,853 polling booths.
No untoward incidents were reported
from any of the 430 booths identified as sensitive by security
officials.
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