MUMBAI: The voter count in Mumbai has crossed the one crore mark, up from 98.95 lakh voters during the recent Lok Sabha polls, a civic official said on Monday.
At the time of Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, Mumbai city had 98,95,602 eligible voters, including 25,16,667 in island city and 74,64,974 in the suburban district, as per EC data.
Maharashtra assembly polls will be held on November 20, while votes will be counted on November 23.
Addressing a press conference, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation chief Bhushan Gagrani said, "There are 1,02,29,708 voters in Mumbai for the assembly polls, comprising 25,43,610 in the island city and 76,86,098 in the suburban district. There are 54,67,361 males, 47,61,265 females, and 1082 are transgender persons."
"Of these, a total of 1,46,859 voters are above 85 years of age and 23,928 are persons with disabilities. A total of 2,288 are overseas voters, and 1475 are service voters," said Gagrani, who is also the metropolis' district election officer.
As per poll officials, a total of 2.91 lakh voters, including 53,372 in the island city and 2,37,715 in the suburban district, were added after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Names of 43,020 voters were deleted, comprising 26,429 from the city and 16591 from suburbs after the general elections.
Mumbai has 36 assembly seats, comprising 10 in the island city and 26 in the suburban district.
The are 410 candidates, comprising 105 in the island city and 315 in the suburban district.
A total of 10,117 voting booths have been set up, of which 2538 are in the island city and 7579 in the suburban district.
Speaking about security, Gagrani said the police department has presented a plan of deploying 25,696 personnel for assembly elections in Mumbai.
"The city does not have any sensitive booth, though there are 76 critical polling booths out of a total of 10,117 voting booths at 2085 locations. Of the 76 critical booths, 13 are in the island city and 63 in the suburban district," he said.
As per poll officials, these booths have historically recorded less than 10 percent of the average voter turnout in past elections.
"In Mumbai, there will be 84 model polling stations, of which 38 each will be handled by women and young election staff. Eight will be handled by Divyang staff," Gagrani said.
Poll officials said the EC has acted upon 563 of 615 and 564 of 623 complaints filed through the C-Vigil app in Mumbai's city and suburban district, respectively.
"In Mumbai city and suburban districts, eight cases each have been registered for poll code violations. Another 30 cognisable and non-cognisable offences have been registered. We have seized Rs 33 crore cash in the island city and Rs 12.60 crore in the suburbs. The value of precious metals seized in the city and suburban district stands at Rs 6.97 crore and Rs 238.67 crore, respectively. Besides this, freebies worth 2.62 crore and 3.21 crore from the city and suburbs, respectively," a poll official said.
Poll squads have seized 2800 litres of alcohol worth 12.89 lakh from city and 39,385 litres worth 1.10 crore from the suburban district. Drugs worth 4.17 crore were seized from the city and worth Rs 44.79 crore from the suburban district, he added.
