Mumbai, Apr 1 (TOI): The number of polling booths in rural parts of Maharashtra in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections is nearly double than those in urban areas.

There are over 95,000 polling booths across the state, of which 61,000 are located in rural parts, while over 34,000 are in urban areas.

Pune district accounts for the maximum number of 7,600 voting centres, followed by Mumbai suburbs and Thane, an official statement said. “Mumbai suburbs tops the list in terms of maximum number of booths in urban parts, while Pune has more booths in rural areas,” it said.

Over 1,300 polling centres are located in forest and semi-forest areas and more than 90,000 polling centres are housed in schools, colleges and government buildings. Majority of polling centres are located in schools, colleges and government buildings, although at times temporary polling centres are also set up. For the LS elections 1,100 such temporary centres are set up.