The second phase of the Lok Sabha election for eight constituencies in Maharashtra concluded peacefully on Friday without any major incident. The voter turnout averaged 53.71% until 6pm, according to data from the Election Commission.
In Nanded’s Ramtirth village, a youngster vandalised the EVM and VVPAT machine with an axe. The police later detained him.
The constituencies where polling took place include five in the Western Vidarbha area — Buldhana, Akola, Amravati, Wardha, and Yavatmal-Washim — and three in the drought-prone Marathwada region — Hingoli, Nanded and Parbhani. The State sends 48 MPs to the Lower House, the most after Uttar Pradesh’s 80.
