Enthusiastic voting in Chandigarh, Haryana

In Chandigarh's urban polling stations, voters could be seen queuing up even before 7 a..m, the official time for balloting to begin.

Chandigarh has over 6.13 lakh eligible voters and 519 polling stations. It has over 2.81 lakh women voters while there are over 1.71 lakh young voters (20-29 years).

In Haryana, voters could be seen at most polling booths since early morning.

Nearly 1.61 crore people, including over 73.8 lakh women, are eligible to vote in Haryana to decide the fate of 230 candidates, including 10 women candidates.

As many as 45,000 police personnel and 74 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed across Haryana. There are 16,244 polling stations in the state.