Lok Sabha Election 2024 3rd Phase Voting Live Updates: Voting for 3rd phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024 will be held today in 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 11 states and union territories. According to the Election Commission of India, as many as 1,331 candidates are in the fray in the third phase of voting.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to all those voting today to cast their votes in record numbers. “Their active participation will definitely energize the election,” the prime minister said in a post on X.
Once the third phase ends today, the fate of over 283 Lok Sabha seats will be decided. This means that elections for more than half of Sabah’s 543 seats will be completed in the first three stages.
Voting begins at 7 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. Voting will be completed on Tuesday in Gujarat and Goa, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman-Diu Union Territories. Voting is also underway for 14 seats at this stage and voting for all 28 seats in Karnataka will also end today. With today’s voting for seven seats, the Lok Sabha elections for 11 seats in Chhattisgarh also come to an end.
Other seats in the third phase include Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Madhya Pradesh (8), Maharashtra (11), Uttar Pradesh (10) and West Bengal (10). Four state seats are listed.
Among the key candidates whose fates will be decided today are Union Home Minister Amit Shah contesting from Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha (MP) and Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna (MP). , and Mainpuri (UP) Dimple Yadav. To name a few examples.
Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule will also be competing against nephew Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar from Baramati seat in Maharashtra in the third phase of the contest.
Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot) and Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) are also in the fray at this voting stage.
As many as 17.24 crore voters are eligible to vote in the third phase. According to the poll committee, there are about 1.85 million polling workers stationed at 1.85 million polling stations. He has over 14.04 million registered voters over the age of 85. In the third stage of voting, he has an additional 39,599 voters who are over 100 years old.
The first two phases of the election took place on April 19th and 26th. The remaining stages will take place on May 13th, May 20th, May 25th, and June 1st. Counting of votes for all his seven phases of Lok Sabha elections will take place in June. Four.
Overall, voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases. The final stage will take place on June 1st. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is seeking a record third term under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has set a target of winning 400 seats in this election. The ruling alliance is being challenged by the Congress-led opposition party under the banner of India Bloc.