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Haryana state election 2019 live: The state records its lowest voter turnout in last 5 elections at 62.64%

As Haryana goes to polls for assembly elections on October 21, as many as 1,169 candidates are contesting across 90 constituencies.

07:04 PM

Exit polls are stating a clear win for BJP for the Haryana assembly elections. The poll of polls by Times Now shows a win for BJP with a massive 63 seats majority.

07:02 PM

Haryana records its lowest voter turnout in last 5 elections — at 62.64%

04:11 PM

Top 10 candidates with highest assets in Haryana Assembly Election

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02:37 PM

37% voter turnout till 2 pm in Haryana across 90 constituencies

01:25 PM

Voter turnout till 1pm in Maharashtra and Haryana

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12:22 PM

Rahul Gandhi shares a video of Bakhshish Singh Virk, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Assandh constituency in Haryana, calling him "the most honest man in the BJP"

The most honest man in the BJP. https://t.co/6Q4D43uo0d
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11:28 AM

"Development of my constituency and promotion of sports in the state will be the top priorities, if I am getting elected," Babita Phogat told news agency IANS

11:12 AM

"पहले मतदान, फिर जलपान" tweets Babita Phogat, BJP candidate from Haryana

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10:51 AM

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar first travelled by train from Chandigarh to his hometown Karnal and then rode a bicycle to cast his vote: IANS

10:48 AM

9% voter turnout at 10 am across 90 constituencies in Haryana: IANS

10:43 AM

Facebook activates election notifications -- alerts Maharashtra and Haryana users to cast vote: IANS

10:25 AM

Reports of stone attacks in Nuh, Haryana during polling: IANS

10:11 AM

Polling underway across 90 constituencies in Haryana -- voting percentage recorded as 7.4% during the first two hours

09:56 AM

Seven fake agents -- working on behalf of the Samajwadi Party candidate Tanzeen Fatima -- were detained by the police from different booths in Rampur: IANS

09:25 AM

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda confident of a Congress win

Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the Leader of Opposition is confident that Congress will win. He recontesting from his bastion Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district. "The Jannayak Janata Party and Indian National Lok Dal are not factors, the contest is between Congress and the BJP only and the Congress will get the majority," he told reporters. Hooda said that the contest in the state was only between the BJP and Congress and the latter would emerge victorious.

09:16 AM

State opposition leader Abhay Chautala and his family turns up to vote

The state's opposition leader Abhay Chautala and his family turns up to vote today. Along with other Congress leader, he too raised the issue of possible EVM tampering to reporters outside. Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh was the first to point out that EVMs could be manipulated and tweeted to the electorate and urged them to take prints of votes and put them in ballots instead. Maharashtra which is also voting today, had opposition leaders expressing worry. NCP wrote to the election commissioner on the issue and asked them to disable WiFi for three kilometers around polling booths.

08:15 AM

TikTok star Sonali Phogat casts her vote at Adampur constituency

TikTok star Sonali Phogat cast her vote today at Adampur constituency. She is contesting on a BJP ticket and going against Senior Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi.

07:54 AM

Wrestler Babita Phogat enters voting arena

Babita Phogat, an Indian wrestler who inspired the movie Dangal has voted. She is contesting from Dadri representing BJP. Her campaign slogan is called Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao and Beti Khilao, and promised to concentrate on women issues.

07:30 AM

P M Modi calls Indians to celebrate elections as voting begins in two states

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the electorate in Haryana and Maharashtra to come celebrate the festival of democracy, as voting begins for assembly elections.

06:44 AM

Senior Congress leader warns voters to be careful of EVM fraud ahead of voting

Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and current General Secretary tweeted and warned voters from Maharashtra and Haryana that electronic voting machines could be manipulated. He urged the voters to take a print out of the EVM and put it physically vote in the ballot box, instead.

12:32 AM

Rohtas Singh from Jannayak Janta Party is the richest candidate in Haryana contesting for state elections. He has total assets worth ₹325 crore.

12:30 AM

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) report reflects an increase in the number of candidates with criminal cases. Of the total 1,138 candidates analysed, 10% are accused of criminal charges including rape, attempt to murder and rioting.

12:24 AM

With a target of winning 75 seats in Haryana, the BJP has fielded merely 12 women while Congress has sent 10 women contestants.

12:20 AM

The key contesting parties in Haryana are the Indian National Congress (INC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

12:16 AM

Even as political parties are focussing on women-centered issues in their campaigns, women represent merely 9% of the total candidates fielding the Haryana assembly elections.

Of a total of 1,169 candidates in the fray for Haryana assembly elections this year, merely 104 are women.