More than half of Maharashtra’s population lives in the cities and districts where polls will be held. ALSO READ | Mumbai civic polls outcome set to change Maharashtra politicsOther cities going to polls are Ulhasnagar, Akola and Amravati. Districts where zilla parishad elections will be held on Tuesday have 18.2 million voters. Among the 9.2 million voters, nearly 5 million are male and 4.1 million female. In the zilla parishad polls on Tuesday, 2,956 candidates have filed nominations for 654 seats.

Source: Mint February 20, 2017 18:11 UTC