ASSEMBLY POLLS LIVE: Voting underway in Maharashtra, Haryana amid tight security

HARYANA	MAHARASTRA
12:08 AM: Every election is like this, Congress is strong & we will win, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda	12:08 AM: Common man is most powerful which is seen in Modi ji who was “chai wala” is now PM, that same power will work here, says Uddhav Thackeray
12:05 AM: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda casts his vote in Rohtak	11:35 AM: I am sure the turnout will increase, Maharashtra will vote for the leaders they trust, says Uddhav Thackeray
11:58 AM: Brisk polling at places including Ambala, Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Hisar and Yamunanagar	11:32 AM: Uddhav Thackeray cast his vote
11:46 AM: Polling picks up in Haryana, nearly 25 percent votes registered till 11 am.	11:12 AM: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and wife Sharmila cast vote in Mumbai.
11:46 AM: Huge voters turnout in Dabwali (Sirsa, Haryana) for Assembly polls	11:11 AM: Pankaja Munde casts her vote in Beed
11:45 AM: 14.8 percent voter turnout recorded in Haryana till 10:30 am	11:05 AM: Raj Thackeray arrives to cast his vote
11:29 AM: Congress & INLD suffer infirmity of carrying a back baggage, people want to vote for a change:  Rao Inderjit Singh, BJP	10:58 AM: Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari casts his vote in Nagpur
11:25 AM: Scuffle between INLD & BJP workers in Modia Khera village in Sirsa (Haryana), one INLD worker injured in firing, admitted to hospital	10:30 AM: Sachin Tendulkar casts his vote in Mumbai
11: 24 AM: Congress is out of the running, the competition is between INLD & BJP: Rao Inderjit Singh, BJP	10:06 AM: People are voting for change,good governance and decisive Government which Modi ji has offered, says Prakash Javadekar
10:44 AM: Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh says Haryana should have a non-Jat CM.	10:06 AM: I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar casts his vote in Pune
10:41 AM: Haryana Assembly elections: Polling underway in Rohtak	10:05 AM:Anil Ambani casts his vote in Mumbai
10:30 AM: Nearly 10 percent turnout was recorded till 10 AM in Haryana.	10:05 AM: Ashok Chavan casts his vote in Nanded
10:43 AM: Abhay Chautala (INLD) casts his vote in Dabwali, Sirsa	10:04 AM: Prithviraj Chavan casts his vote in Karad
09:57 AM: Clash between INLD and BJP supporters at a polling station in Basgaon, Hisar	10:03 AM: NCP President Sharad Pawar casts his vote in Mumbai
09:42 AM: Haryana Assembly polls: Captain Abhimanyu (BJP) casts his vote in Khanda Kheri, Hisar.	09:25 AM: Sushil Kumar Shinde casts his vote in Solapur, Maharashtra.
	09:15AM: I appeal people to cast their votes for a stable Govt, a single vote can also bring change: Supriya Sule, NCP.
09:02 AM: Kasan village in Haryana which had decided to boycott the elections are have decided to exercise their franchise after assurance from administration	09:10 AM: Devendra Fadnavis, BJP casts his vote in Nagpur. Till 9 am Mumbai records 7 percent voter turnout.
	08:00 AM: Ajit Pawar casts his vote in Baramati, Maharashtra
09:00AM: We got the right to vote after long freedom struggle, people must cast their votes. Congress is going to form its Government for the third time, says BS Hooda	08:00 AM: I am confident about my win, for me challenge is to match upto the expectations of people. Change of power in Maharashtra was my father’s dream, people also want change, BJP will win with majority: Pankaja Munde, BJP.
07:00 AM: Voting begins in Haryana to elect its new Assembly members	07:00 AM: Voting begins in Maharashtra to elect its new Assembly members
Haryana 2009 results Congress-40 INLD-31 HJC-06 BJP-04	Maharashtra  2009 results Congress-82 NCP-62 BJP-46 Shiv Sena-45

Among the early voters were NCP's Ajit Pawar, former deputy chief minister, MP Supriya Sule and Pratibha Pawar in Baramati, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Vinod Tawde in Mumbai and BJP's Pankaja Munde in Beed, where by-election is also being held for Lok Sabha seat following the death of her father Gopinath Munde in a road accident.

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