Mumbai may have registered an unimpressive voting percentage Monday, but its residents can take solace from at least one thing -- they outdid Pune. Against 49.84 per cent turnout in Pune on April 23, Mumbai registered a marginally better 51.11 per cent voting Monday.

The rivalry between Mumbai, the biggest city of Maharashtra, and Pune, the state's 'cultural capital', is old. "Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai", a hit Marathi rom-com with two sequels, exploits popular tropes about cultural differences between the two cities. It played out on social media during the ongoing polls, with some Mumbaikars -- as residents of Mumbai are called -- resolving to do better than Pune.