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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NCP leader Praful Patel, Varsha Patel casts their vote
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Voters, from young to old, rush to polling stations to vote
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BJP's Charkhi Dadri candidate Babita Phogat casts vote with family
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BJP's Mulund candidate casts vote
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NCP leader Supriya Sule casts her vote
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CEO Maharashtra urges mobile gamers to get up and vote
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Union Minister Piyush Goyal confident that people are with Devendra-Narendra
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Union Roadways Minister casts his vote
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TikTok star Sonali Phogat casts her vote in Adampur
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Voting in full swing across Haryana
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Badshahpur voting halted as EVM malfunctions, reports ANI
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Ajit Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party casts his vote
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Congress' Bhupendra Singh Hooda disparages electoral role of JJP, INLD
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Voting underway in Haryana's Charkhi Dadri
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CEO Maharashtra urges voters to go to polling booths
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.
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.
#MaharashtraAssemblyPolls: Senior Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) leader Praful Patel & his wife Varsha cast their votes at a polling booth in Gondia assembly constituency. Gopal Agarwal from BJP & Amar Varade from Congress are contesting from this constituency. pic.twitter.com/9K0KJ715Y9
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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.
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
BJP's Mulund candidate casts vote
BJP candidate from Mulund, Mihir Kotecha cast his vote along with family.
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
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.
अब मोबाईल गेम खेलने से आसान है मतदान करना।
— ChiefElectoralOffice (@CEO_Maharashtra) October 21, 2019
विधानसभा चुनाव २०१९ में मतदान करना न भूलें।
दिनांक: २१ अक्टूबर २०१९ #समय_आया_मतदान_का #ECI #Election2019 #VidhanSabhaElection #TimeToVOTE pic.twitter.com/TnZkEXKF3n
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.
Union Roadways Minister casts his vote
Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister, is seen with his family in Nagpur after he casts his vote.
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and wife Kanchan, after casting their vote in Nagpur. #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/b8qLWHLYOi
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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
Haryana: TikTok star Sonali Phogat who is contesting on a BJP ticket from Adampur constituency, after casting her vote. She is up against senior Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi. #HaryanaAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/1CabZLOAAT
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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.
Hisar: Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee President Kumari Selja casts her vote at polling booth number 103 in Yashoda Public School. #HaryanaAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/kLNovytinv
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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.
Gurugram: Voting is on hold after an EVM machine at booth number 286 in Badshahpur stops working. #HaryanaAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/S1zLQXGV5X
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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.
Maharashtra: Senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)leader and candidate from Baramati, Ajit Pawar after casting his vote, he is contesting against BJP's Gopichand Padalkar. #MaharashtraAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/1FzwYP29Fn
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Congress: Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) are not factors, the contest is between Congress & BJP. Congress will get the majority. #HaryanaAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/3MymWnfCgo
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
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.
Voting underway at polling booth 128-129 in Balali village in Charkhi Dadri constituency. Wrestler Babita Phogat is contesting on a BJP ticket from here against Congress candidate Nirpender Singh Sangwan and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) candidate Satpal Sangwan. #Haryana pic.twitter.com/QUHBf4HxhA
— ANI (@ANI) October 21, 2019
CEO Maharashtra urges voters to go to polling booths
As voting is underway Maharashtra CEO urges voters to vote.
Casting your vote is an easy choice when you care for your Nation.#ECI #Election2019 #VidhanSabhaElection #TimeToVote pic.twitter.com/skXQQGTpFz
— ChiefElectoralOffice (@CEO_Maharashtra) October 21, 2019
First published: Oct 21, 2019 05:15 IST