Voting ends; Goa records 83% polling, Punjab 70%

Goans would cast their votes to elect 40-member Assembly and Punjab for 117

6.40 pm: Final voting percentages in Punjab and Goa assembly polls reported at 70% and 83%, respectively.

5.31 pm: Voters reporting at 5 pm can cast their vote: Election Commission

5.30 pm: Goa records around 83 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm.
5.05 pm: Polling ends in Goa and Punjab.

5.01 pm: Polling started an hour late in Punjab today due to inclement weather. 

4.55 pm: Punjab records an overall voter turnout of 66 per cent till 4 pm.

4.14 pm: Punjab records 55 per cent voter turnout till 3 pm.

3.31 pm: Bike borne men open fire near a polling booth in Ferozepur district's Guru Har Sahai area, no injuries reported.

3.30 pm: Goa has recorded an overall voter turnout of 67 per cent till 3 pm.

3.25 pm: Punjab has recorded an overall voter turnout of 48 per cent till 2:30 pm. 

2.01 pm: Captain Amarinder Singh casts his vote at booth no. 89 in Patiala.

1.35 pm: 35 per cent polling in Punjab till 1 pm.

1.30 pm: 53 per cent voter turnout in Goa till 1 pm. 55 per cent voters exercise their franchise n North Goa and 52 per cent in South Goa.

12.01 pm: Will give Rahul Gandhi great gift with Congress' revival says Navjot Singh Sidhu as he arrives to vote at booth in Amritsar, with wife Navjot Kaur.

11.45 am: Punjab records an overall voter turnout of 14 per cent till 11.30 am.

11.43 am: Till 11 am, South Goa's polling percentage is 32 per cent, North Goa's 35 per cent. Goa's overall turnout is 34 per cent.

11.40 am: Punjab wants government that co-ordinates wth Centre and not one that has issues with Centre everyday, certainly not one that ruined Delhi: SAD MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal

11.25 am: Cricketer Harbhajan Singh casts his vote in Jalandhar.

10.54 am: Punjab registers 12 per cent voting till 10.30 am.

10.32 am: Punjab records 10 per cent voting till 10 am.

10.08 am: Punjab registers 8 per cent voting till 9.30 am.

9.38 am: Till 9 am, North Goa records a voting percentage of 16 per cent, while South Goa records 14 per cent with an overall turnout of 15 per cent.

9 am: Polling at booth no.66 in Jalandhar delayed due to glitch in the EVM machine.

Polling at booth no.124-125 in Amritsar began 40 minutes late due to a glitch in the EVM machine.

The people of Punjab and Goa would cast their vote on Saturday to elect their new legislative assemblies.

The Election Commission has made all arrangements to ensure smooth, free and fair elections.

The people of Goa would cast their votes to elect the 40-member Legislative Assembly, from a total of 251 candidates.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress Party and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) along with the three-party alliance constituting Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Goa Suraksha Manch and Shiv Sena are in the running race for the assembly election.

Electorates in Punjab would vote for 117 assembly seats.

The by-election for Amritsar Lok Sabha seat would also take place today.

The counting of votes will take place on March 11.