LIVE| Assembly Election Polling 2019: Voting ends in Maharashtra, Haryana; BJP confident it will retain both
Assembly Election Polling 2019 Live Updates: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking to extend their electoral dominance as Maharashtra and Haryana polled today. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar are looking forward to a second straight term as Congress, NCP, JJP and other regional parties look to upset BJP's dominance.
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Voter turnout picks up pace in Maharashtra
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Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray casts his vote
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Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, and family cast their vote
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Randeep Surjewala cast his vote with family earlier today
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Haryana CM Khattar says Congress has abandoned the fight as he arrives on a bicycle to cast his vote
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Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis casts his vote
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School students help out senior citizens at polling station
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NCP Chief Sharad Pawar casts his vote
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Haryana records 8.73% turnout until 9 AM
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Former Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde casts his vote
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5% polling till 9 AM in Mumbai city, reports ANI
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Differently-abled voters praise ECI
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JJP's Dushyant Chautala arrives in a tractor to cast his vote
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EVM malfunction in Andheri West constituency
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Election officials seen clicking selfies
Assembly Election Polling 2019 Live Updates: The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance are fighting to win all of Maharashtra's 288 Assembly seats, where for the first time, BJP is contesting on more number of seats than the Shiv Sena. Congress and NCP will look to turn the tide despite defections unsettling both the parties. BJP has set a target of 75+ plus seats in Haryana where BJP, Congress, INLD, and JJP will fight to dominate 90 assembly constituencies. Congress, despite defections and resignations of high profile leaders, will look to seek advantage of the high unemployment rates and lack of women safety in Haryana to upset BJP's Haryana ambitions. BJP has used the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir in their campaigns but as the nation goes through an economic slowdown and high unemployment the Assembly elections will indicate if the Opposition revival has begun following BJP's mega win in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
Voter turnout picks up pace in Maharashtra
Polling percentage as of 11:00 am:
Andheri West: 12.66%
Versova: 12.45%
Andheri East: 17.15%
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Chief Raj Thackeray casts his vote
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray cast his vote along with Sharmila Thackeray at Dadar. MNS has fielded 150 candidates for these assembly elections.
Uddhav Thackeray, Aaditya Thackeray, and family cast their vote
Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief arrived at a polling station in Bandra to cast their vote. Yuva Sena chief and son Aaditya Thackeray is contesting from Worli and is the first member from the Thackeray family to fight the polls.
Randeep Surjewala cast his vote with family earlier today
Surjewala who is contesting to defend his seat from Kaithal will face stiff opposition from Leela Ram of the BJP.
Haryana CM Khattar says Congress has abandoned the fight as he arrives on a bicycle to cast his vote
At a polling booth in Karnal, the CM arrived on a bicycle to cast his vote, surprising voters. He said the tall claims made by Congress and other opposition parties have fallen flat.
#WATCH Karnal: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar rides a cycle to the polling booth. #HaryanaAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/NMUqTvfYJF
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis casts his vote
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis casts his vote. He is fighting from Nagpur South West constituency. Congress' Ashish Deshmukh has been pitted against him.
School students help out senior citizens at polling station
Even though these children are not eligible to exercise their universal franchise, they are helping out across Mumbai senior citizens at several polling stations.
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar casts his vote
NCP chief Sharad Pawar along with son in law Sadanand Sule and granddaughter Revati Sule casting their vote for Maharashtra state election at Tardeo in Mumbai.
Haryana records 8.73% turnout until 9 AM
Haryana has recorded 8.73% voter turnout two hours since the polling started.
Former Home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde casts his vote
Sushil Kumar Shinde, Ujwala Shinde and their daughter Praniti cast their votes in a polling booth in Solapur. Praniti Shinde is contesting from Solapur on a Congress ticket.
#MaharashtraAssemblyPolls: Former Home Minister and Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde with wife Ujwala and daughter Praniti Shinde cast their votes at a polling booth in Solapur. Praniti Shinde is contesting elections as Congress candidate from Solapur Central. pic.twitter.com/WC917B298U
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
5% polling till 9 AM in Mumbai city, reports ANI
5% polling till 9 AM across 10 assembly constituencies in Mumbai City district.
Differently-abled voters praise ECI
Chandrakant Shanbag, 78 voted at a centre in Gorai Borivali.He is wheelchair bound for the last 6 years. "It was a very good experience as they had a special queue for us," he added.
JJP's Dushyant Chautala arrives in a tractor to cast his vote
Dushyant Chautala of the Jannayak Janata Party got his entire family to a polling booth in Sirsa, on a tractor, to cast their votes in the Haryana Assembly Election.
#HaryanaAssemblyPolls: Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala & his family arrive on a tractor, to cast their votes at a polling booth in Sirsa. pic.twitter.com/K9EHSM6klA
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
First published: Oct 21, 2019 05:15 IST