Salman Khan, SRK, Aamir Khan, Bachchans cast their vote as Maharashtra goes for assembly poll today
A rain-soaked Maharashtra is voting across all 288 assembly constituencies amidst tight security today. Braving rain in many parts of the state including Mumbai, early voters turned up to exercise their franchise.
Several Bollywood celebrities, including superstar Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Aishwarya- Abhishek Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma, Kareena Kapoor, and Varun Dhawan among others, also exercised their franchise to elect the next government in the state.
Superstar Salman Khan reached his polling station where he cast his vote.
Salman Khan voting
Aamir Khan was among the first celebrities who came to the polling station to vote. Aamir also urged people to come out in heavy numbers to vote in the election.
Aamir Khan goes to vote
Kiran Rao was also spotted.
Kiran Rao goes to vote
Shah Rukh Khan with wife Gauri Khan reached his polling station to cast their votes.
Shah Rukh Khan and wife Gauri Khan reach their polling booth to cast vote
A smiling Deepika Padukone comes out of the polling booth after casting her vote.
Deepika Padukone votes
Aishwarya Rai, Abhishek Bachchan, and Jaya Bachchan were spotted together as they reached to cast their votes for the Maharashtra assembly elections.
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan vote
Jaya Bachchan reaches to vote
Actor Hrithik Roshan casts his vote at his polling booth in Juhu.
Hrithik Roshan casts his vote
Anushka Sharma with her parents poses for a picture after casting her vote.
Anushka Sharma voting
Kareena Kapoor Khan poses with son Taimur Ali Khan after casting her vote.
Kareena Kapoor casts her vote
Madhuri Dixit also came to the polling station to cast her vote.
Actor Varun Dhawan poses for the camera after casting his vote.
Varun Dhawan votes
Actor Anil Kapoor voted at a polling booth in Juhu, Mumbai.
Anil Kapoor casts his vote
BJP MP and veteran actor Hema Malini also voted.
Hema Malini votes
Dharmendra who is recovering from Dengue made sure to cast his vote.
Dharmendra votes
BJP MP from Gurdaspur and actor Sunny Deol also cast his vote.
Sunny Deol vote
Actor Vidya Balan with her family voted in the Maharashtra Assembly elections
Vidya Balan with family votes in the Maharashtra assembly election
Actress Preity Zinta was among the celebrities who voted today.
Preity Zinta votes
Actor Riteish Deshmukh along with actor-wife Genelia D'Souza voted in home district Latur. He took to Twitter and uploaded a picture of the duo,
writing, "Go exercise your right!! Go Vote!"
Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar pose for the media after casting their votes
Actor Vivek Oberoi with his father Suresh Oberoi reached polling station to vote.
Actor Vivek Oberoi casts his vote
Suresh Oberoi casts his vote
Actor Urmila Matondkar poses for the camera after casting her vote in Bandra, Mumbai.
Urmila Matondkar votes
Sohail Khan and wife Seema Sachdeva Khan cast their votes.
Sohail Khan and wife Seema Sachdeva Khan
Power couple Lara Dutta and tennis star Mahesh Bhupati also came out to vote.
Mahesh Bhupati and Lara Datta go to vote
Dia Mirza also spotted at the polling station.
Sikander Kher poses for the camera after casting his vote.
Sikander Kher votes
Vatsal Seth shows his inked finger as the actor comes out after voting.
Vatsal Seth votes
Dino Morea was also among the list of celebrities who were spotted voting in the election today.
Dino Morya votes
Former Congress MP and Sanjay Dutt's sister Priya Dutt also went to vote along with her husband.
Priya Dutt at polling station
A total of 3,237 candidates from a host of parties besides Independents are in the fray in which the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-Shiv Sena combine is hoping to return to power for a second consecutive term against the opposition Congress-NCP alliance.
The state has a total electorate of 8.97 crores, comprising 4.68 crore men and 4.28 crore women, plus 2,634 transgender voters.
The Election Commission has set up 966,661 polling stations and deployed a total number 135,021 VVPAT-EVMs for voting in the state.
(With inputs from IANS)
