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Elections 2014: 951 polling stations in state marked critical

Updated on: 24 April,2014 08:26 AM IST  | 
A Correspondent |

About 851 micro observers have been deployed at all the critical and sensitive polling booths in the state of Maharashtra out of the total 34,343 in the 19 Lok Sabha constituencies

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As many as 951 polling stations spread across 19 constituencies in the state have been declared as critical.

32,500 security personnel will be guarding the city today, to ensure that polling procedures are completed without incident. Pic/Nimesh Dave
32,500 security personnel will be guarding the city today, to ensure that polling procedures are completed without incident. Pic/Nimesh Dave


These have been classified on the basis of criteria, including past electoral offences recorded in that area, communal tension, percentage of voters in the area without ID proof and percentage of voters that are missing without family linkages.



Voting will take place in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, North Maharashtra and Aurangabad, Jalna in Marathwada sealing the fate of 338 candidates.

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