Mumbai, Jan. 15 -- Sluggish voting trend across 29 municipalities in Maharashtra which began voting for civic body polls on Thursday continued with only 17.41% voter turnout recorded by 11:30 am, according to the State Election Commission.

Earlier in day, only 7.12 per cent voter turnout recorded till 9:30 am in Mumbai. The highest voter turnout was recorded in Ward 18 of Mumbai, at 11.57 per cent. Ward no. 162 recorded the lowest turnout at 1.68 per cent.

A total of 7,36,996 voters have cast their votes out of a total 1,03,44,315. According to official data released by the State Election Commission (SEC), nearly twice as many men as women have cast their votes. 4,54,539 men have cast their vote in BMC elections, compared to 2,82,433 wo...