mumbai while several citizens groups were left disappointed over the lessthanexpected voter turnout in their localities on wednesday a few associations said they had succeeded in pulling several residents out of their homes and making them voteeven if it meant the nota none of the above option anandini thakoor managing trustee of khar residents associati8on said she was not happy with the turnout the body had started a dedicated helpline from october 1 to cater to queries to ensure a larger turnout in the hwest ward there was a bunch of those in areas such as bandra khar and santa cruz who did not come out to vote voters should have shown much more enthusiasm bandra east and west recorded just 13 increase in voter turnout till 5 pm shaina n c who voted in south mumbai said every single vote matters which is why we had several party activists creating awareness on voting rights indrani malkani trustee of v citizens action network said if there is a drop in turnout despite the efforts of the election commission and local activists it would point to sheer indifference ashoke pandit chairman of gulmohar area societies welfare group in juhu said its a tragedy that we have to tell people to go out and vote in juhu scheme we tried to take over 100 senior and physically challenged people to the booth in a car with a wheelchair a stretcher and a firstaid kit in some cases though associations succeeded mohit chaturvedi of the cuffe parade residents association said we approached several voters in nearly 52 buildings in cuffe parade and made several families come out and vote whatsapp groups of lohana samaj federation of association of maharashtra fam as well as builders association of navi mu8m8bai banm were abuzz with me8mbers uploading inked pictures meanwhile many residents from a building in liberty garden malad west went for nota our objective is to not abstain from voting and yet put down corrupt candidates said a resident agni member james john from andheri said nearly every politician has either been involved in scams or tried to buy votes or has criminal cases from 2002 i have been casting a protest vote or a no vote ajay kulkarni from an eastern suburb said in some cases the candidate may be good but not the party or vice versa so i chose nota with inputs by sameera kapoor munshi nitasha natu