An average 8.6 per cent voter&nbsp;turnout was recorded till 9 am in 10 constituencies of&nbsp;Maharashtra where polling was underway in the second phase of&nbsp;Lok Sabha elections on Thursday, an official said.&nbsp;According to the state election office, Parbhani Lok&nbsp;Sabha seat recorded 9.3 per cent voting in the first two&nbsp;hours, while it was 8.88 per cent in Nanded.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maharashtra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Maharashtra</a>: 105-year-old Kavaibai Kamble along with her family cast her vote at a polling station in Harangul Budruk in Latur constituency; Polling is underway at 10 parliamentary constituencies in the state <a href="https://t.co/fP3poGXxXW">pic.twitter.com/fP3poGXxXW</a>
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Besides, Latur recorded 8.41 per cent, followed by&nbsp;Hingoli-7.94 per cent, Osmanabad-7.9 per cent, Buldhana-7.7 per cent, Akola-7.6 per cent per cent, Beed-7.55 per cent,&nbsp;Solapur-6.87 per cent and Amravati-6.4 per cent. In Nanded, there were complaints of malfunctioning of&nbsp;78 electronic voting machines (EVMs).&nbsp;A total of 179 candidates are in the fray in the 10&nbsp;constituencies.
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Maharashtra: A pregnant woman and her husband, after casting their vote at polling booth number 164 in Nehru Nagar of Solapur. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LokSabhaElections2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LokSabhaElections2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/NXx0zOLcDY">pic.twitter.com/NXx0zOLcDY</a>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Maharashtra?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Maharashtra</a> : Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde casts his vote at a polling station in Solapur, in the second phase of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LokSabhaElections2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LokSabhaElections2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/N3rHPjfZQ9">pic.twitter.com/N3rHPjfZQ9</a>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1118693851105857542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Maharashtra: Preparation underway for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LokSabhaElections2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LokSabhaElections2019</a> at polling station number 269 in Nanded parliamentary constituency. Voting on 10 parliamentary constituencies in the state for the second phase of elections will be held today. <a href="https://t.co/6JRuBzmnq0">pic.twitter.com/6JRuBzmnq0</a>
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Beed constituency has the maximum number of 36&nbsp;contestants while 10 candidates are contesting from Latur.&nbsp;Prominent candidates in the fray are senior Congress&nbsp;leaders and former chief ministers Ashok Chavan and Sushilkumar Shinde, who are contesting from Nanded and Solapur&nbsp;seats, respectively.&nbsp;In Beed, the home constituency of late BJP leader&nbsp;&nbsp;Gopinath Munde, his daughter Pritam is seeking another term.&nbsp;She is facing Bajrang Sonawane of the NCP.&nbsp;In the 2014 elections, the NDA won 8 out of these 10&nbsp;seats, whereas the Congress won two seats - Nanded and&nbsp;Hingoli.
A total of 62,700 EVMs (37,850 ballot units and 24,850&nbsp;control units) and around 27,000 VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper&nbsp;Audit Trail) machines are in place for the second phase.
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According to the state election office, Parbhani Lok Sabha seat recorded 9.3 per cent voting in the first two hours, while it was 8.88 per cent in Nanded

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