- By Aalok Sensharma
- Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:19 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the voters in Haryana and Maharashtra to go out in large numbers and cast their votes in ‘record’ numbers.
“Elections are taking place for Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies. There are also by-polls taking place in various parts of India. I urge voters in these states and seats to turnout in record numbers and enrich the festival of democracy. I hope youngsters vote in large numbers,” said PM Modi in a Tweet on Monday.
Elections are taking place for Haryana and Maharashtra assemblies. There are also by-polls taking place in various parts of India. I urge voters in these states and seats to turnout in record numbers and enrich the festival of democracy. I hope youngsters vote in large numbers.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 21, 2019
The polling for 90 Assembly seats of Haryana and 288 seats of Maharashtra started at 7 am today and will continue till 6 pm while the counting of votes will take place on October 24.
With polling in Haryana and Maharashtra scheduled for today, the electoral fate of over 4400 candidates- 1169 in Haryana and 3237 in Maharashtra will be sealed in EVMs.
As many as 19,578 polling stations in Haryana while 96,661 polling booths in Maharashtra have been set up by the Election Commission of India for the voters to cast their votes.
Besides Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, voting is also underway at 51 Assembly constituencies spread across 18 states of the country.