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Maharashtra is a big State, it has 1 lakh polling booths. It is being said that 76 lakh people voted between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. This means, on an average, 76 persons per booth voting. If you look into the overall voting capacity through the day, 60-70 people vote every hour. It is a regular course. There is no surge. It is a normal growth if it can be shown on a graph, says the Chief Electoral Officer

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