Maharashtra and Haryana visited polls on Wednesday to elect their assemblies in high-stakes elections seen because the first major test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Lok Sabha polls as he pitched for BJP coming to power on its own in both the states.

Maharashtra went to polls on 288 assembly seats.

Here are the live updates

11:10 AM:Gopinath Munde’s daughter Pankaja casts her vote.

11:09 AM: MNS chief Raj Thackeray arrives to cast his vote.

11:07 AM: Gulzar casts his vote

11:02 AM: Sachin Tendulkar casts his vote in Mumbai. He said, “Every one should exercise their right to vote, it is really important for the nation.”

11:01 AM: Union Minister for Road Transport Nitin Gadkari casts his vote in Nagpur