Politicians, athletes, and prominent figures from the financial sector lined up at voting stations throughout Mumbai and Thane on Monday to vote in the fifth and final phase of Maharashtra's general elections.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his family, and his son Shrikant Shinde, the current MP for Kalyan, cast their votes in Thane. Raj Thackeray, chairman of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, and Uddhav Thackeray, president of the Shiv Sena (UBT), as well as their families, exercised their franchise, reported PTI.