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Lok Sabha Elections Phase 3 Polling News: Under the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in the country, voting is being held for 93 seats in 11 states and union territories of the country. The third phase has a lot at stake for the BJP which had won most of these constituencies located in other states including Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh in the last general elections. There are 1300 candidates in the fray for a total of 93 seats, of which 120 are women, while the number of eligible voters is more than 11 crore.
Voting is taking place today for 93 seats in 11 states and union territories for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in the country. The third phase has a lot at stake for the BJP, which had won most of these seats located in Gujarat, Karnataka, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh and other states in the 2019 elections.
Veteran leaders trying their luck on these seats include Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Purushottam Rupala (Rajkot), Prahlad Joshi (Dharwad) and SP Singh Baghel (Agra). . Voting will be held today in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2 seats) and nine seats in Madhya Pradesh, including Betul, where elections were postponed.
Stay with us for moment-to-moment updates related to the third phase of voting of Lok Sabha elections:
TMC booth president clashed with BJP candidate in Murshidabad
During the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 voting, Trinamool Congress booth president clashed with BJP candidate Dhananjay Ghosh at a polling booth in Jangipur, Murshidabad, West Bengal.
Voting continues on 93 seats
Voting is going on on 93 seats in 11 states. People are using their votes in 11 states including Gujarat, UP, West Bengal.
What did PM Modi say?
After casting his vote, PM Modi said that in this heat you people are making rounds day and night. You should worry about your health. There is competition in media. One has to run ahead of time. He said that today is the third phase of voting, I would urge the countrymen that voting in a democracy is not a simple donation, donation has a significance in our country. Countrymen should vote as much as possible. This is where I vote regularly. I came from Andhra last night. I am just passing by. Have to go to Madhya Pradesh. Have to go to Telangana also.
PM Modi reached the polling booth
PM Modi cast his vote
PM Modi has cast his vote in Ahmedabad. Home Minister Amit Shah is also present at the voting center.
PM Modi among the people after casting his vote
Today the reputation of many veterans is at stake.
Today there is voting on the seats of many stalwarts of BJP. The fate of Amit Shah, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Mansukh Mandaviya and Narayan Rane will be captured in EVM. The credibility of Digvijay Singh, Dimple Yadav, Supriya Sule from the opposition is at stake.
168 candidates in the fray for seven seats of Chhattisgarh
On Durg seat, Congress has fielded Rajendra Sahu against sitting BJP MP Vijay Baghel. On Bilaspur seat, Congress has fielded outgoing MLA Devendra Yadav against former BJP MLA Tokhan Sahu. On the tribal-dominated Raigarh seat, there will be a contest between BJP’s Radheshyam Rathiya and Congress’s Maneka Devi Singh, who is from the former royal family of Sarangarh. There are 168 candidates in the fray for seven seats in Chhattisgarh, while the number of eligible voters is 1,39,01,285.
Voting on 7 seats in Chhattisgarh
Of the 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, the seven seats for which elections will be held include Raipur, Durg, Bilaspur, Janjgir-Champa (SC), Korba, Surguja (ST) and Raigarh (ST). In the high-profile Raipur seat, BJP’s influential Minister of State Brijmohan Aggarwal will face former Congress MLA Vikas Upadhyay. In Korba, the BJP has fielded its influential woman leader and former MP Saroj Pandey, wife of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Charandas Mahanta and Congress’s current Has fielded against MP Jyotsna Mahant.
Bring these documents to vote
Voter ID card, Aadhaar card, PAN card, Divyang Unique ID card, Driving License, MNREGA job card, PAN document, passport, bank or post office passbook with photo, service identity card with photo, official identity card issued to MPs, MLAs and Legislative Council members. Letter, Smart Card and Health Insurance Smart Card.
Voting on these seats of UP
Voting will be held in Sambhal, Hathras, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Badaun, Amla and Bareilly parliamentary seats of Uttar Pradesh. In this phase, 100 candidates are in the fray in Uttar Pradesh, while 1.88 crore voters will be able to vote.
VD Sharma voted in Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh BJP president and party candidate from Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency VD Sharma cast his vote in Bhopal.
