Take a look at the pictures posted by celebrities after casting their votes:
Actor Shah Rukh Khan showed his inked finger to the cameras
Started my morning by casting my https://t.co/Z817hxXwb7 is our duty towards our country & its progress.Pls go out&vote #VoteKarMaharashtra pic.twitter.com/fgXGxjkEcV
— Anushka Sharma (@AnushkaSharma) February 21, 2017
V O T E pic.twitter.com/TRfhsN8zNq
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) February 21, 2017
Rekha, Gulzar and Zoya Akhtar were photographed at polling booths:
Rekha poses for the cameras after casting her vote
Lyricist Gulzar casts his vote
Zoya Akhtar casts her vote
Other actors who have voted include Prem Chopra, John Abraham, Shraddha Kapoor, filmmaker Kiran Rao, Sanjay Dutt's wife Maanayata Dutt and Vindu Dara Singh. Ahead of polls, Varun Dhawan and Arjun Kapoor had urged Mumbaikars to vote.
Shraddha Kapoor at the polling booth
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai posed for the cameras after casting his vote
Sachin Tendulkar and wife were also photographed at the polling booth in Mumbai
Prem Chopra casts his vote
Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra showed his inked finger
Sanjay Dutt's wife Manyata Dutt casts her vote
Kiran Rao casts her vote
John Abraham showed his inked fingers to the cameras
Salim Khan and Arbaaz at the polling booth
Vivek and his father Suresh Oberio casts their vote
Singer Kailash Kher showed his inked finger
Suniel Shetty also posted on social media urging the residents of Mumbai to cast their votes. His picture on Twitter was captioned: "Point a finger at them only when you get this point on your finger! #Vote to earn the right to question! #VoteKarMaharashtra."
Point a finger at them only when you get this point on your finger! #Vote to earn the right to question! #VoteKarMaharashtra pic.twitter.com/OH3yvRkxSA
— Suniel Shetty (@SunielVShetty) February 20, 2017
In this BMC election, 2,275 candidates are contesting for 227 seats. The candidates are drawn from 13 political parties, including Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, Nationalist Congress Party, Congress and BJP. The results of the BMC elections will be announced on February 23.
