Pune graduates' seat sees 62.78% turnout, teachers' constituency 85.87%, by 4 pm

Pune, October 23, 2026: In the Maharashtra Legislative Council elections, the Pune graduates' constituency recorded 62.78 per cent turnout by 4 pm on Thursday. In the teachers' constituency the figure reached 85.87 per cent, considerably higher than among graduates. Turnout in both constituencies was said to be among the highest in recent years.

The Pune graduates' constituency has 3,88,019 registered voters, of whom 2,43,611 voted at 741 polling stations. In the teachers' constituency, 53,165 of 61,940 registered voters voted at 310 centres.

Voting began briskly from the morning and crowds were seen at many centres. Teachers and graduates working in government and private institutions had been given a special concession of four hours to vote, so many went early to cast their votes. Queues were still seen at many centres at 4 pm.

Voters faced no major difficulty in finding their names in the electoral roll or locating their polling stations. As the contest in both constituencies is closely fought, political parties also made special efforts to raise turnout.

District-wise, Pune district recorded 78.08 per cent in the teachers' constituency and 61.47 per cent in the graduates' constituency. In Satara district, teachers' turnout was 89.39 per cent and graduates' 66.92 per cent. In Solapur the figures were 89 and 71.42 per cent respectively. In Sangli, the teachers' constituency recorded 87.83 per cent and the graduates' constituency 55.62 per cent.

In Baramati town and taluka, turnout was 64.76 per cent in the graduates' constituency and 84.20 per cent in the teachers' constituency. Among graduates, Loni Bhapkar recorded 62.67 per cent, Malegaon Budruk 65.41 per cent, Supe 68.10 per cent, Undavadi Kadepathar 58.86 per cent and Vadgaon Nimbalkar 65.25 per cent.

In Baramati town, 687 of 826 teacher voters voted, or 83.17 per cent. Among local centres, Vadgaon Nimbalkar recorded the highest turnout at 88.17 per cent, followed by Malegaon at 87.32 per cent, Supe at 85.71 per cent, Loni Bhapkar at 81.82 per cent and Undavadi Kadepathar at 81.58 per cent.

At the Pargaon centre in the Loni-Dhamani area, turnout was 91 per cent in the teachers' constituency and 71 per cent among graduates. At Walhe, teachers' turnout was 73.03 per cent and graduates' 63.69 per cent. In Shirur taluka, 90.58 per cent of registered voters voted in the teachers' constituency and 64.89 per cent in the graduates' constituency.