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PHOTOS: The bigwigs spotted at poll booths

Last updated on: October 21, 2019 23:54 IST

Voting for the assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana was held on Monday.

As people queued up to cast their vote, there were some famous faces in the lines at different polling stations.

Have a look.

 

Former President Pratibha Patil shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote for Maharashtra assembly elections, in Pune, on Monday. Photograph: PTI Photo

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis casts his vote along with his wife and mother in Nagpur. Fadnavis is seeking a fifth term as MLA from Nagpur South West assembly constituency. Photograph: @Dev_Fadnavis/Twitter

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar casts his vote along with wife Anjali and son Arjun at a polling booth in Mumbai's Bandra. Photograph: @sachin_rt/Twitter

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar along with son-in-law Sadanand Sule and granddaughter Revati Sule show their inked fingers after casting vote at Tardeo in Mumbai. Photograph: @PawarSpeaks/Twitter

Bollywood actor Madhuri Dixit Nene takes a selfie after casting her vote. Photograph: @MadhuriDixit/Twitter

Maharashtra State Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde, second from right, with her family after casting vote in Beed. Photograph: PTI Photo

Wrestlers Babita Phogat, Geeta Phogat cast their vote at a polling booth in Balali village in Charkhi Dadri constituency in Haryana. Babita is contesting on BJP ticket against Congress candidate Nirpender Singh Sangwan and Jannayak Janata Party candidate Satpal Sangwan. Photograph: @BabitaPhogat/Twitter

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote in Karnal. Photograph: PTI Photo

Congress leader Milind Deora outside a polling station in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray with his wife Sharmila after casting their votes in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo

Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray with wife Rashmi and sons Aditya and Tejas, show their inked fingers after casting their vote in Bandra (East). Aditya Thackeray (29) is a candidate from the Worli constituency. The Yuva Sena chief is the first from the Thackeray family to make debut in electoral politics. Photograph: @AUThackeray/Twitter

Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan and his wife Satvasheela show their inked finger after casting votes in Karad in Satara district of Maharashtra. Photograph: PTI Photo

Union minister Nitin Gadkari with his family members cast their votes in Nagpur. Gadkari expressed confidence that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will form the next government in Maharashtra with a 'record-breaking victory'. Photograph: @nitin_gadkari/Twitter

Congress leader Ashok Chavan with his wife and party leader Ameeta after casting their votes in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit along with his family members shows his inked finger in Nagpur. Photograph: PTI Photo

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat casts his vote in Nagpur. Bhagwat also urged people to vote on issues, and not looking at the person or the environment. Photograph: PTI Photo

RSS general secretary Bhaiyyaji Joshi after casting his vote in Nagpur. Photograph: PTI Photo

Former Mumbai Police Commissioner Julio Ribeiro casts his vote in Maharashtra's Worli assembly constituency. Photograph: ANI

Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader Supriya Sule casts her vote in Baramati. Photograph: PTI Photo

Supriya's cousin and ex-state deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar, who is contesting from Baramati, casts his vote. Photograph: ANI

Former India cricketer Vinod Kambli and his wife Andrea Hewitt show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes in Mumbai. Photograph: PTI Photo

Olympic medallist and BJP candidate from Haryana's Baroda Yogeshwar Dutt casts his vote. Photograph: ANI