A total of 76.57 per cent votes were cast till 5 pm on Tuesday in the election to 143 urban bodies in Madhya Pradesh. The maximum of 93.59 votes were polled at Badgawan Nagar Parishad in Agar-Malwa district and the minimum 65.52 per cent at Raisen Nagar Palika Parishad. Counting will be held on December 7.
Over 90 percent voting in the second phase was registered in 9 Nagar Parishads including 93.59 per cent at Badagaon in Agar-Malwa district, 90.14 percent at Gautampura, 90.25 at Depalpur, 90.63 per cent at Manpur and 90.71 percent at Hatod in Indore district, 90.88 percent at Antari Nagar Parishad and Pichhor 90.23 percent in Gwalior district, 90.31 percent at Karnwad in Dewas district and 90.10 percent polling was registered at Sarwaniya Nagar Parishad in Neemuch district.
Meanwhile, people remained in queues to exercise their franchise in the second phase of urban body elections-2014 at 55 polling booths even after 5 pm. The voters waited in queue to cast their votes after 5 pm at one booth at Khurai and Garhakota in Sagar district and two polling booths at Maharajpur in Chhatarpur district.
Similarly, people also cast votes after 5 pm at 3 booths at Devendra Nagar, 3 Ajaygarh and one booth at Panna in Panna district, one each at Chichli and Gotegaon in Narsinghpur district, 7 at Itarsi in Hoshangabad district, 3 at Obaidullahganj in Raisen district, 2 at Nasrullahganj in Sehore district, 19 at Mahidpur in Ujjain district and one polling booth at Neemuch.