An estimated 66 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise in assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh amidst sporadic violence in which one polling agent was killed. The Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters in New Delhi that Maharashtra registered 60 per cent turnout of voters while it was 66 in Haryana. Arunachal Pradesh saw a much higher polling of 72 per cent respectively. He described today's polling as very satisfactory.<br/>Notwithstanding the poll boycott call by naxals in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, an estimated 55 per cent of electorate cast votes while neighbouring Gondia, also hit by Maoist menace, gave a stronger rebuff to the ultra-Left with a 68 per cent turnout. Stray incidents of firing were seen in Gadchiroli district where polling could not take place at 22 polling stations as the staff failed to reach the destinations because naxals put up obstacles. A total of six incidents of naxalites opening fire were reported today. In the first incident, a group of naxals opened fire in Kasansur in Ahri Taluka but the police did not retaliate as part of a strategy. In the second incident, naxals fired a few rounds aimed at polling station at Bonde in Korchi Taluka. A chhopper was immediately pressed into service to send additional police force there. In another incident, naxals fired in Kawatha in Kurkheda Taluka but none of the security personnel was hurt in any of the incident. <br/>Meanwhile, reinforcements have been air dashed to Malewada in Armouri constituency of Gadchiroli district where around 25 polling and police personnel are held up after their return routes were blocked by the Maoists. Director General of Police (in charge of elections) A N Roy said reinforcements in two helicopters were rushed to Malewada to provide security to the stranded personnel, who had been engaged in an exchange of fire with the naxalites earlier in the day without any damage to either side.<br/> The poll personnel had been fired upon by the naxals near Malewada leading to a brief encounter. Polling had resumed in the area after being suspended for some time. <br/>Mumbai, the country's financial hub, and its suburbs saw a turnout of 50 per cent.<br/>In Haryana around 65 per cent of 1.31 crore voters today cast their votes, as polling drew to a close for the 90-member State Assembly today sealing the fate of 1,222 candidates, including 67 women. <br/>In 2005 assembly polls, the poll percentage was 71.96 per cent. The highest ever poll percentage recorded was 72.65 per cent in 1967, while the lowest was recorded in 1968 when it was 57.26 per cent. The Chief Electoral officer Mr. Sajjan Singh said a group clashed an some firing incidents took place in Nemkhera village in Mewat district, but this was not near to the polling booth. A polling agent of an independent candidate died outside the polling station after a clash with a rival at Hemu Mazra villae in the Ghulla constituency of Kaithal district this morning. <br/>In Arunachal Pradesh, polling for 57 of the 60 Assembly seats ended peacefully at three pm. The state election department said the final percentage would be available when reports from remote areas reach the state capital. The percentage in the 2004 assembly elections had been 67.83. Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and two other Congress candidates have been elected unopposed from the three seats in Tawang district.<br/>Counting of votes will be taken on the 22nd of this month.