Haryana Election 2019 Voting LIVE Updates: Manohar Lal Khattar takes Shatabdi Express, rides bicycle to cast ballot from his Karnal seat – Firstpost, Firstpost.com

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Voter turnout in all ninety Assembly seats till 10 am:

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Manohar Lal Khattar rides bicycle to polling booth in Karnal, urges voters to exercise franchise

Chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar took the Shatabdi Express from Chandigarh to his hometown Karnal to cast his vote on Monday. He then rode a bicycle to reach the polling booth.

“First vote, then eat. I am going to cast my vote,” the chief minister tweeted, sharing pictures on his Twitter handle, “adding” I humbly request all citizens of the state that you too must exercise the franchise by visiting your polling station. Your one vote is crucial to form a strong government. “

The BJP believes that Khattar, a surprise pick for the chief ministerial post in 2014, enjoyed a clean image after running an “untainted” government without any allegation of corruption. This year too he has been chosen for the top post.

# WATCHKarnal: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar rides a cycle to the polling booth.# HaryanaAssemblyPollspic.twitter.com/NMUqTvfYJF– ANI (@ANI)October 21, 2019

BJP’s OP Dhankar cast vote from Badli seat

Haryana cabinet minister OP Dhankar, who has independent charge of five departments in the Haryana government cast his vote at Dakla village under Badli Assembly constituency. He is up against Congress ’Kuldeep Vats and Mahabir Gulia from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD).

Input and picture by Sat Singh

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BJP’s Captain Abhimanyu casts his vote from Narnaund seat

BJP candidate and state finance minister Captain Abhimanyu cast his vote for the Narnaund Assembly seat. Jassi Petwar of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Baljeet Sihag of the Congress are also vying for the seat.

Picture by Sat Singh / 101 Reporters

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Haryana records 7. 44 percent voter turnout till 9 am

Polling In Haryana’s 90 assembly constituencies began at 7 am on Monday and during the first two hours, the poll percentage in the state was 7. 44 percent. According to officials, voting will continue till 6 pm.

Among districts, the poll percentage in Jind was 7. 91 percent, Bhiwani recorded a turnout of 10. 76 percent, Ambala received 6. 67 percent, Palwal at 8. 88 percentage, Gurgaon 6. 40 percent, Faridabad at 6. 10 percent, Mewat 10. 24 recorded percent, Rewari 6. 79 percent, Rohtak at 9. 80 percent, Hisar 11 percent and in Karnal district it was 5. 92 percent. Panchkula district had the lowest polling percentage at 2. 46 PC.

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Tik Tok star Sonali Phogat casts vote from Adampur on BJP ticket

BJP candidate and Tik Tok celebrity Sonali Singh Phogat cast her vote at booth number 1 in Jat College, Hisar on Monday. Phogat is contesting against Congress candidate Kuldeep Bishnoi in his family bastion Adampur.

Picture by Manoj Thakur / 101 Reporters

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In a letter, INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala urges residents of Karnal to vote for Congress

A day before the election, former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo Om Prakash Chautala addressed a letter to the residents of Karnal on social media, asking them to vote for Congress.

At an earlier rally, Chaulata had announced that the party will have at least 33 percent women candidates. *******

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BJP candidate Yogeshwar Dutt exercises franchise from Baroda

Olympic Medallist Yogeshwar Dutt contested the Haryana Assembly election on a BJP ticket. The saffron party fielded him from Baroda seat. Dutt is contesting against Congress candidate Krishan Hooda.

Sonipat: Yogeshwar Dutt, Olympic Medallist & BJP candidate from Baroda casts his vote. He is contesting against Congress candidate Krishan Hooda.# HaryanaAssemblyPolls.pic.twitter.com/Qg5wCoGg4E

– ANI (@ANI) (October) , 2019

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Babita Phogat casts her vote from Dadri seat

Wrestlers Babita and Geeta Phogat, along with their family cast their vote at a polling booth in Balali village in Charkhi Dadri constituency. Babita is contesting on BJP ticket from Dadri against Congress candidate Nirpender Singh Sangwan and JJP candidate Satpal Sangwan.

Wrestlers Babita Phogat, Geeta Phogat & their family cast their vote at a polling booth in Balali village in Charkhi Dadri constituency. Babita Phogat is contesting on BJP ticket from here against Congress candidate Nirpender Singh Sangwan & JJP candidate Satpal Sangwan.# Haryanahttps://t.co/QQAT0gWTCUpic.twitter. com / AJ (QGWZZh)

– ANI (@ANI)October 21, 2019                                                                              

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Randeep Surjewala casts vote from Kaithal seat

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Monday cast his vote from Kaithal constituency. Enthused with massive public gathering on the last day of campaigning, Surjewala had said that huge public support reflect people’s overwhelming mood to give mandate in favor of Congress party in the state with clear majority.

He also announced that the senior citizens of Haryana will be given an old age pension of Rs 5, 100 per month. Electricity bills up to 300 units will be waived off.

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Polling in Badshahpur on hold after EVM glitch at polling booth

As voting was underway across all 90 constituencies of Haryana, an EVM machine at booth number 286 in Gurugram’s Badshahpur stopped working hence, polling was stopped in this seat .

With the largest elector in Haryana, Badshahpur’s total population is 30. 23 percent rural and 69. 77 percent urban.

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Dushyant Chautala, Naina and Meghna Chautala on the way to cast their vote in Haryana’s Sirsa

Dushyant Chautala is contesting on a JJP ticket from the Uchana Kalan constituency. The Dushyant-led JJP, a breakaway faction of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), is also hoping for an improvement in its prospects following the Lok Sabha debacle. The party had emerged on the scene following a feud in the Chautala clan in December, 2018.

Photo by Manoj Thakur / 101 Reporters

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In pictures: Peaceful voting underway in Rohtak

In Rohtak, Congress’ Bharat Bhushan Batra, Manish Kumar Grover of BJP, Puneet from Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), Poonam of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Rajesh Saini of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) are the main contenders.

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Gurugram, a 100 percent urban Assembly seat, will be played by caste in today’s polls

Almost 100 percent of the urban population of Gurugram, seems to be rooted with old burning “caste politics”. BJP’s Sudhir Singla, Congress’s Sukbhir Kataria and Independent candidate Mohit Grover are targeting the Baniya, Jat, and the dominant Punjabi community with 70, 000 Voters respectively.

Notorious gangsters like Binder Gujjar, out on bail and sharing the stage with Grover, makes the urban tag associated with Gurugram seems hazy. This kind of divisional targeting with caste, can play a crucial role in the way Gurugram votes.

Inputs from Rahul Satija

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Contest only between Congress and BJP, says Bhupinder Singh Hooda

In a snub to the Opposition, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday said that Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) are “not factors” in the electoral battle at all, but the contest is actually between Congress and the BJP. Hooda exuded confidence in the grand old party receiving majority.

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.# HaryanaAssemblyPollspic.twitter.com/3MymWnfCgo

– ANI (@ANI) (October) , 2019

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Wrestler Babita Phogat, among three sportspersons, fielded by BJP

The BJP’s candidates list included the names of noted sports personalities – wrestler Babita Phogat, former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh and Olympic medalist Yogeshwar Dutt – who are contesting from Dadri, Pehowa and Baroda respectively.

This year, of the total 38 sitting MLAs, seven were denied tickets.

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Enrich festival of democracy: Narendra Modi urges voters to exercise their franchise

In light of Assembly election taking place in Haryana and Maharashtra, along with bypolls held across 18 states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged voters, including the youngsters to turnout in record numbers and celebrate the festival of democracy.

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) , 2019

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Key candidates to fight electoral battle In Haryana include CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Of the 1, 169 contenders, some of the prominent faces are Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who will be contesting from Karnal, former chief minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Randeep Singh Surjewala from Kaithal, Kiran Choudhary from Tosham and Kuldeep Bishnoi from Adampur.                                                                                                                                                

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Polling for all 90 seats in Haryana begins

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BJP eyeing victory in (of) Assembly seats

The BJP is in power in Haryana with a comfortable majority and is predicting an easy win in at least three-fourth seats in the state. The party is facing a problem of rebels on some seats and is keen that there is no division of votes to achieve its goal of winning 75 seats in the 90 – member assembly.

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Both BJP and Congress field 90 candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded ninety candidates for the Assembly polls. Eighty seven from the BSP are in the poll arena, four from the CPI, seven from the CPM, 90 from the Congress, one from the NCP, 81 from the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), 375 Independent and 434 other candidates are in the fray.

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Former chief minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Hooda to represent Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat

Bhupinder Hooda, former chief minister, will fight the polls from his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat, while the party’s chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala will contest from Kaithal Assembly seat.

This year, the Congress fielded all its sitting MLAs except one. Of the 17 sitting MLAs in the Assembly, the party barred Renuka Vishnoi who represented the Hansi constituency.

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BJP hopes to retain power in Haryana with bigger mandate

With the Opposition weakened by desertion among its ranks and shrinking support base, the BJP is confident to retain power in the state with a bigger mandate. Riding on ‘Modi wave’, the party had stormed to power for the first time in 2014, winning 47 seats. Prior to this, it had been part of non-Congress governments as a junior partner and was never became a principle force.

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Voting to start in 90 – member Haryana Assembly at 7 am

Voting in single-phase Assembly elections in Haryana will be held on 21 October, 2019 (Monday). Voting is scheduled to begin at 7 am at all polling booths, the Election Commission of India said. The term for the incumbent BJP government in Haryana ends on 2 November.