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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.

By HT Correspondent | Updated: Oct 22, 2019 10:46 IST
LIVE| Assembly Election Polling 2019: Voting ends in Maharashtra, Haryana; BJP confident it will retain both
People stand in a queue to caste their vote at a poll booth in Mumbai's Sion. (HT Photo/ Kunal Patil)

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.

09:19 AM IST

NCP leader Praful Patel, Varsha Patel casts their vote

Praful Patel, a former Union Minister, casts his vote at a polling booth in Gondia constituency along with his family members.

09:15 AM IST

Voters, from young to old, rush to polling stations to vote

Voters across all age groups vote in Maharashtra Assembly elections. Around 4-5 crore young voters will cast their votes in Maharashtra state polls.

<p>Voters, from young to old, rush to polling stations to vote</p>
Payal Bharat Adhia, an 18-year-old first time voters casts her vote in Kandivali, Maharashtra
09:07 AM IST

BJP's Charkhi Dadri candidate Babita Phogat casts vote with family

Wrestler Babita Phogat,the BJP candidate from Charkhi Dadri assembly constituency in Haryana, cast her vote at a polling booth in her native Balali village. She was accompanied by her sister and wrestler Geeta Phogat and their family members. Babita Phogat is contesting against Congress candidate Nirpender Singh Sangwan& JJP candidate Satpal Sangwan

<p>BJP's Charkhi Dadri candidate Babita Phogat casts vote with family</p>
BJP candidate Babita Phogat (third from left) with her parents and sister Geeta Phogat after casting their votes, October 21, 2019.
09:00 AM IST

BJP's Mulund candidate casts vote

BJP candidate from Mulund, Mihir Kotecha cast his vote along with family.

<p>BJP's Mulund candidate casts vote</p>
08:43 AM IST

NCP leader Supriya Sule casts her vote

Supriya Sule casts her vote from Baramati, a Pawar stronghold, where her cousin and incumbent-MLA Ajit Pawar will go head-to-head against BJP's Gopichand Padalkar

08:31 AM IST

CEO Maharashtra urges mobile gamers to get up and vote

Maharashtra Chief Election Officer makes a point with the tweet, and appeals gamers that they might find voting easier than mobile gaming.

08:28 AM IST

Union Minister Piyush Goyal confident that people are with Devendra-Narendra

Minister of Railways and Commerce is confident that the BJP will retake Maharashtra and Fadnavis is looking ahead towards his second straight term.

08:25 AM IST

Union Roadways Minister casts his vote

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, is seen with his family in Nagpur after he casts his vote.

08:22 AM IST

TikTok star Sonali Phogat casts her vote in Adampur

TikTok star Sonali Phogat is fighting on a BJP ticket against Congress leader and incumbent MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi

08:18 AM IST

Voting in full swing across Haryana

Congress Haryana Chief Kumari Selja was at YP School polling booth in Hisar, where she cast her vote. Hisar will see multiple contestants from INLD, JJP and Congress challenge incumbent BJP MLA Dr Kamal Gupta.

08:05 AM IST

Badshahpur voting halted as EVM malfunctions, reports ANI

Voting in Badshahpur has come to halt as EVM malfunction has disrupting the contest between Kamalbir Singh of the Congress and BJP's Manish Yadav.

07:58 AM IST

Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party casts his vote

Ajit Pawar, senior NCP leader, has cast his vote. He is contesting from Baramati, an NCP bastion, long held by the Pawars. Ajit Pawar, Sharad Pawar's nephew is contesting against BJP's Gopichand Padalkar.

07:52 AM IST

Congress' Bhupendra Singh Hooda disparages electoral role of JJP, INLD

The former Haryana CM told ANI that Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) are not instrumental factors in the Assembly elections. he said, the main contest will be fought between Congress and the BJP.

07:48 AM IST

Voting underway in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri

Babita Phogat, Commonwealth Games gold medalist wrestler, on her debut run, will look seal her win for the BJP from Dadri. Voting is underway in this constituency.

07:40 AM IST

CEO Maharashtra urges voters to go to polling booths

As voting is underway Maharashtra CEO urges voters to vote.

First published: Oct 21, 2019 05:15 IST