MUMBAI RECORDS 53% POLLING UP 10% FROM PREVIOUS RECORD
Mumbai recorded an average of 53% per cent polling across all six parliamentary constituencies.This figure is high as compared to previous figures of polling as Mumbai alwayss had been below 50% mark in previous LS elections.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar cast his vote along with wife Anjali around noon at a polling booth near their residence in suburban Bandra.Actress Vidya Balan was among the first Bollywood celebrity to cast her vote.
Yesteryear actress and Rajya Sabha member (nominated) Rekha came in a track suit to exercise her right to franchise. Actors Sunny Deol and Sonam Kapoor also cast their votes.Anil Ambani, the head of the Reliance ADAG group, walked into a polling booth (for the Lok Sabha elections) in the tony Cuffe Parade locality, not far from his residence at the ‘Sea Wind’ tower at 0715 hours.