Haryana, Maharashtra Assembly elections: Events through the day

New Delhi: 9.39 pm: Haryana sees record voter turnout at 76 per cent.

9.30 pm: Approximate 64 pc turn out recorded in Maharashtra assembly elections. Mumbai (City) : 54.1 per cent; Mumbai (Suburbs): 52 per cent; Mumbai (combined): 53.05 per cent.

6.54 pm: Haryana records highest voter turnout ever, at 73 per cent.

6.52 pm: Election Commission says Maharashtra voter turnout at 54.5 per cent till 5 pm, likely to exceed 62 per cent.

6.27 pm: High voter turnout in Haryana, over 73 pc cast their vote.

6.05 pm: Haryana polls: EC's provisional figure puts voter turnout at 72.1 per cent at 6 pm. Sirsa registers the maximum turnout at 79.4 per cent, Faridabad lowest at 57.6 per cent.

5.50 pm: Haryana polling at 68.1 per cent till 5.30 pm; Maharashtra polling percentage at 55 per cent till 5.30 pm: Gondia - 65 pc; Yavatmal - 52 pc; Dhule - 51 pc; Nanded - 58 pc; Hingoli - 61 pc; Sangli - 66 pc.

4.17 pm: Maharashtra: 45 per cent polling till 3 pm.

4:00 pm: Maharashtra Assembly elections: 36 per cent polling in Mumbai till 3 pm.

3:40 pm: Haryana Assembly elections: 56 per cent polling in Haryana till 3:30 pm

3:24 pm: Violence in Haryana's Hisar. Clashes between Jat and Dalit communities over voting. Several vehicles have been burnt. Police and fire brigade have been deployed in the area.

3:00 pm: Bollywood music composer Vishal Dadlani appeals to voters to go out and vote. He said, "Voting is our responsibility towards the nations."

2:16 pm:Haryana Assembly elections: 45 per cent voting till 2 pm

2:08 pm: Maharashtra Assembly elections: 33 per cent voting till 1 pm, just 27 per cent in Mumbai.

1:53 pm:Haryana poll per cent: 42 per cent at 1:30 pm

1:38 pm: Voting on across Haryana and Maharashtra. Both BJP and Congress claim they will Haryana and Maharashtra elections.

1:23 pm: Bollywood actor Salman Khan casts his vote in Mumbai, appeals youngsters to step out and vote.

1:14 pm: NCP MP Supriya Sule tweets, "Come out and cast your vote.This is our right & duty."

12:45 pm: Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda tells CNN-IBN, "I rule myself out as CM. The clear leadership is with Dad. Congress has made him the leader."

12:25 pm: BJP hits back at Shiv Sena. Party leader Shahnawaz Hussain says, "Shiv Sena can say whatever it wants to but they also know the ground reality is. BJP will get absolute majority and will form government in Maharashtra as well."

12:18 pm: Polling picks up in Haryana, over 31 per cent votes registered in Haryana till noon. Highest turnout seen in Kurukshetra with 37.6 per cent polling. Faridabad records 25.7 per cent voting.

12:10 pm: "Common man is most powerful which is seen in how Modi ji who was a 'chai wala' is now PM, that same power will work here in Maharashtra," said Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

12:05 pm: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda casts his vote in Rohtak, says, "Congress will form the government in Haryana for the 3rd time." He refuted allegations of poll code violation. "I have not campaigned beyond 6 pm. Last evening I went to meet my old friends, have grown up here and have many friends here," said the CM.

12:02 pm: After casting his vote, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray t6old reporters, "I am confident that people of Maharashtra will give full support to Shiv Sena. I have complete respect for Narendra Modi but I feel sad that they used us when they needed and left us later."

12:01 pm: Haryana Ministers Randeep Singh Surjewala (Kaithal), Savitri Jindal (Hisar), Geeta Bhukkal (Jhajjar), Ajay Singh Yadav (Rewari), BJP's Chief Ministerial aspirant Capt Abhimanyu of the BJP (Narnaund in Hisar district) and INLD's Naina Chautala (Sirsa) have cast their votes till now.

12 noon: Over 25 per cent of the 1.63 crore eligible voters have exercised their franchise in Haryana till 11 am. Polling was going on at a brisk pace at places including Ambala, Bhiwani, Fatehabad, Hisar and Yamunanagar while it was comparatively slow at places like Rewari, election officials said.

11:47 am: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray casts his vote along with son Aditya Thackeray.

11:46 am: Around 17 per cent people exercise their franchise in Maharashtra till 11 am.

11:43 am: Around 15.5 per cent polling recorded in Mumbai till 11 am.

11:39 am: Polling picks up in Haryana, nearly 22 per cent votes registered till 11 am.

11:33 am: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said, "I am confident that people will come and vote for those they trust" as he reached at a polling booth to exercise his franchise.

11:32 am: A BJP spokesman said two complaints of bogus voting in

Kothrud area of Pune were registered with the election officers. Some voters in the city also complained of instant erasing of the indelible ink used to mark the voters. An estimated nine per cent voters cast their votes in the first two hours of polling which was progressing

peacefully, officials said.

11:31 am: NCP chief Sharad Pawar cast his vote in Mumbai, which

recorded a dismal 5.50 per cent, while adjoining Thane recorded 5.78 polling percentage till 9 am.

11:30 am: Technical problems in EVMs were reported from some polling booths in Nagpur city and Wardha district of in

Vidarbha, and Sewree in Mumbai. Voters in a Nashik booth also complained that the voter rolls were not in order.

11:30 am: Former chief minister Ashok Chavan cast his vote in Nanded. His wife Ameeta is Congress candidate from Bhokar in the district.

11:27 am: I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar, who cast his vote in Pune, said, "People are voting for change, good governance and decisive government which Narendra Modi has offered. People are voting in this poll with even more enthusiasm than they did in the Lok Sabha poll. If the Lok Sabha polls were Dhoom, the Assembly polls are Dhoom 2, the

sequel."

11:17 am: BJP leader targets former ally Shiv Sena as he says, "We have respect for everyone, but if they disrespect us we will not tolerate it."

11:12 am: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray and wife Sharmila cast vote in Mumbai.

11:04 am: Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar appeals to voters to exercise their franchise. He said, "every individual should vote. It is important for the nation."

11:00 am: In Maharashtra, Among Bollywood personalities who went to polling booths in Mumbai early today were actress Rekha, Jaya Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Amol Palekar and actor Atul Kulkarni. Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar also cast his vote.

10:59 am: Brisk polling in Maharashtra, where 7.31 per cent of the over

8.35 crore voters exercised their franchise till 9 am. The estimated polling in some districts was: Aurangabad 10 per cent, Beed 9, Solapur 8, Kolhapur 10, Hingoli 8.5, Osmanabad 9, Nashik 7, and Parbhani 7.5 per cent.

10:49 am: Maharashtra BJP President Devendra Fadnavis casts his vote, says BJP will form government in state.

10:44 am: Clashes break out between BJP and INLD supporters in Haryana's Sirsa. Two people have been injured in the firing.

10:41 am: HDFC Chairman Deepak Parekh who could not cast his vote in the Lok Sabha elections cast his vote for the Assembly polls at a booth in Mumbai.

10:30 am: Nearly 13.8 per cent turnout was recorded till 10 AM in Haryana.

10:27 am: In Maharashtra, 4,119 candidates are in the electoral fray, including 276 women in the state with 8.35 crore voters eligible to exercise their right to franchise.

10:23 per cent: Seven per cent voting recorded in Mumbai till 9 am.

10:22 am: BJP leader Nitin Gadkari is confident that the BJP will come to power in Maharashtra. He said, " BJP government will come and bring lot of progress in Maharashtra."

10:16 am: Chavan says, "I am confident that people of Maharashtra will support Congress and we will form a majority government."

10:14 am: NCP leader Supriya Sule casts her vote in Baramati.

10:14 am: Congress is not deceiving people like other parties, says Milind Deora.

10:11 am Congress leader Milind Deora appeals voters to come out and vote. "There is not as much enthusiasm amongst voters as it was in the Lok Sabha elections," he told CNN-IBN.

10:08 am: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan casts his vote.

10:00 am: In Haryana, the highest voter turnout till 9 am has been witnessed in Kurukshetra where 14.7 per cent people cast their votes. The lowest turnout has been recorded in Rewari at 3.8 per cent. National capital region Faridabad and Gurgaon recorded 4.9 per cent and 7.7 per cent respectively.

9:53 am: Voting picks up in Maharashtara, Nanded records 11 per cent voter turnout, Hingoli 7 per cent, Akola 6 per cent, Sangali 9 per cent, Solapur 8 per cent, Nagpur 6 per cent and Pune 8.02 per cent.

9:39 am: Just 2.8 per cent polling recorded in Haryana till 9 am.

9:36 am: Among the early voters were the country's richest woman Savitri Jindal, INLD candidates Naina Chautala and Dushyant Chautala, who is the Hisar MP, Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) president Kuldeep Bishnoi, union Minister of State Krishan Pal Gurjar and former union minister Venod Sharma.

9:35 am:In Haryana, there are 1,351 candidates in the fray, including a record 116 women.

9:20 am: Mumbai, which saw less voters during the Lok Sabha elections, is showing similar numbers. Some polling booths are seeing no queues yet.

9:18 am: Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis remains silent on his chances of being the Chief Minister if his party wins. He also attacks Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray for his comment that, "If a chaivallah's son Modi can be the PM, then Thackeray's son can be the CM." Fadnavis says such comments should not be made.

9:14 am: Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has just cast his vote in Mumbai. In a message to voters, he says, "I request all fellow citizens to do their duty and exercise their right to vote."

8:45 am: Haryana's Uchana Kalan candidate Dushyant Chautala is confident that the INLD would make a comeback in these elections. "It is a Dussehra, we are facing two Ravans," he said about his rivals.

8:35 am: Kasan village in Haryana which had decided to boycott the elections are have decided to exercise their franchise after assurance from administration.

8:20 am: NCP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar cast his vote in Baramati.

8:10 am: PM Modi is campaigning so hard in Haryana, it seems as if he is vouching for the Haryana CM's post: Hooda.

8:09 am Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda addresses press, says, "Issues in Lok Sabha elections are different from that of Assembly elections."

8:08 am: RSS's MG Vaidya casts his vote in Nagpur, says, "I always vote. In the Lok Sabha elections my name was missing so could not vote, this time I have cast my vote."

8:00 am: BJP leader Gopinath Munde's daughter and Parli MLA Pankaja Munde says, "Change of power in Maharashtra was my father's dream, people also want change, BJP will win with majority."

7:49 am Actors Rahul Bose and Rekha are amongst the early voters in Mumbai.

7:42 am Kamlesh is the first voter to exercise her franchise in Haryana's Rohtak district.

7:41 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals to voters to exercise their franchise as he tweets, "Urging the people of Haryana & Maharashtra to go out & cast their votes. Youngsters must show the way & ensure record turnout."

7:39 am Voters queuing up at a Faridabad polling booth say water and electricity are the main issues in the region.

7:00 am Voting begins in Haryana and Maharashtra to elect its new Assembly members.

The crucial election to the 90-member Haryana Assembly and the 288-member Maharashtra Assembly elections is being held on Wednesday.

While the Congress is trying hard to retain power in Haryana and the Chautalas of the Indian National Lok Dal are eyeing a comeback, the battle in Maharashtra is being closely watched after the split in the two dominant alliances in the state.

It is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) versus the rest in Maharashtra, this time. For the first time, Maharashtra is witnessing a four-cornered contest. With the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) also in the fray, it can also be called 'four-and-a-half' cornered contest.