Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live Updates: The polling will is being held in 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 11 states and Union Territories in the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 today. As many as 1,331 candidates are in the fray in the Phase 3 polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah were among the first voters on Tuesday. Before casting his vote the PM urged all those who are voting in today’s phase to vote in record numbers. “Their active participation will certainly make the elections more vibrant,” the PM said in a post on X.
Fate of over 283 Lok Sabha seats would be sealed after the third phase is over today. This means elections to more than half of the 543 Lok Sabha seats will be over in the first three phases.
Voting began at 7 am and ends at 6 pm. About 39.92 % voter turnout was recorded across 93 seats until 1 pm, according to the poll panel in the Phase 3 of polling on Tuesday. West Bengal recorded highest 49.27% turnout till 1 pm.
Voting will be completed in Gujarat and Goa states and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Union Territory on Tuesday. Also with 14 seats voting in this phase, voting for all 28 seats of Karnataka will also be over today. With seven seats voting today, the Lok Sabha Election for 11 seats of Chhattisgarh will also be over.
Among the other seats third phase are four in Assam, five in Bihar, seven in Chhattisgarh, nine in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Maharashtra, 10 in Uttar Pradesh and four in West Bengal.
Among the key candidates whose fate will be sealed today include Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is contesting from Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha (MP), Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna (MP) and Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri (UP), to name a few.
Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule taking on his nephew Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra Pawar from Baramati seat in Maharashtra is also a keenly-watched contest in third phase.
Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot) and Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) are also in the fray in this phase of polling.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies bad won 75 of the 93 seats going to polls on Tuesday. Of these 71 where by the BJP alone. The INDIA bloc parties had won only 8 seats. The Congress had won just four seats. Four seats were bagged the undivided Shiv Sena, three by undivided NCP, two by independents, and one by the AIUDF.
As many as 17.24 crore voters are eligible to vote in the third phase. Around 18.5 lakh Polling officials have been deployed across 1.85 lakh polling stations, the poll panel said. There are over 14.04 lakh registered 85+ year-old voters. Another 39,599 voters are above 100 years of age in phase 3 polling.
The first two phases of elections were held on April 19 and 26. Overall, voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases. The remaining phases will be held on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. The counting of votes for all seven phases of Lok Sabha Elections will take place on June 4.
The BJP-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 this election. The ruling alliance is challenged by the opposition parties led by the Congress under the banner of the INDIA bloc.
A total of 63% voter turnout has been recorded across 11 states/UTs as of 10:15 pm on Tuesday. The voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 took place on May 7.
As per the EC data at 9:40 pm on Tuesday, Gujarat recorded the lowest voter turnout at 57.1%.
Maharashtra recorded the lowest voter turnout at 53 percent till 5 pm in the Phase 3 of voting on Tuesday.
The EVMs are being sealed at a polling booth in Malda as voting concluded for the third phase of the Lok Sabha Elections.
Check constituency-wise voter turnout in Gujarat here:
Ten Lok Sabha seats in UP, collectively recorded 46.78% voter turnout till 3 pm in Phase 3 voting.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday blamed politicians, like him, for what he called the hatred spreading in the country.“Will all this hatred strengthen India? Are Hindu and Muslim different in any way?… We are responsible for this hatred. Politicians are responsible for giving rise to this hatred,” Abdullah, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir was heard speaking in a video during election campaigning in Budgam area of the Union Territory.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Women in West Bengal’s Malda protest regarding development issues in their area, boycott voting for the third phase elections.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: WATCH | Union Minister and BJP candidate from Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat Anurag Thakur plays cricket with locals in Hamirpur.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge approved the candidature of Sher Singh Ghubaya as party candidate from the Firozpur parliamentary constituency for the Lok Sabha elections
Gujarat records 37.8% voter turnout till 1 pm, according to the Election Commission of India.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live:
In Uttar Pradesh, Firozabad seat recorded 40.20 % polling till 1 pm.
State total : 49.04
North Goa : 48.88
South Goa :49.20
Overall poll percentage till 1 pm 45.88% in Assam.
Nadiad, Gujarat: Ankit Soni, a voter, casts his vote through his feet at a polling booth in Nadiad
He says, “I lost both my hands due to electric shock 20 years ago. With the blessings of my teachers and guru, I did my graduation, CS… I appeal to people to come out and vote. “
“…I urge everyone to cast their vote. This day can change your next five years. Go and cast your vote, and see how the nation has to be taken forward. I think voting is an act of patriotism…,” BJP leader Rohan Gupta told ANI after casting his vote in Ahmedabad.
BJP leader Rohan Gupta cast his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad, Gujarat today.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: WATCH | During a public gathering in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused the Congress party of writing false history to glorify themselves. “Congress wants that Baba Saheb should not get the credit for making the Constitution. Congress has started saying that Baba Saheb’s contribution in making the Constitution was less, Nehru ji played the biggest role in making the Constitution…They first distorted the history of the country and made people forget the great Sons of Independence. They wrote false history to glorify themselves and now they have started fabricating lies about the Constitution as well.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Five generations of a family voting together at a polling station in Chhattisgarh. As many as 93 seats spread across 11 states and a UT are voting in Phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Adani group chairman Gautam Adani cast vote along his family on Tuesday. “Proud to have voted with my family today. Voting is a right, a privilege and a responsibility we all share as citizens of this great nation. Every vote is a powerful voice in our democracy. Cast your vote for shaping the future of India.”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Expelled BJP leader KS Eshwarappa and his family cast their vote in Shivamogga. He is contesting as an independent candidate from the Shimoga constituency. BJP has fielded party MP B.Y. Raghavendra as its candidate from here while Congress has fielded Geetha Shivarajkumar- ANI
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: The phase 3 polling underway in 93 seats across 11 states and a UT has recorded 25.41% voter turnout till 11 am, the Election Commission of India said. West Bengal recorded highest 32.82% turnout, according to the poll panel.
Assam 27.34%
Bihar 24.41%
Chhattisgarh 29.90%
Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu 24.69%
Goa 30.94%
Gujarat 24.35%
Karnataka 24.48%
Madhya Pradesh 30.21%
Maharashtra 18.18%
Uttar Pradesh 26.12%
West Bengal 32.82%
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Samajwadi Party candidate Akshay Yadav after casting vote in Firozabad
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: BJP candidate from South Goa Lok Sabha seat, Pallavi Dempo cast her vote along with her family. She is contesting against the Congress candidate from the South Goa Lok Sabha seat, Captain Viriato Fernandes.
Congress president Malikarjun Kharge on May 7 urged INDIA bloc parties to collectively, unitedly and unequivocally raise voice against voting data discrepancies to protect the culture of a vibrant democracy and the Constitution.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urged people to vote for the future of their children. “This election is to save the country’s democracy and constitution. This is an election to defeat historic unemployment, rampant inflation, institutional corruption and economic crisis. Your every vote is important. Vote in large numbers, using your discretion and thinking. Vote for your and your children’s future,” she said in her poll day message.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Voting Live: WATCH | Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge casts his vote at a polling station in Kalaburagi. Congress has filed Radhakrishna from Kalaburagi constituency and BJP has fielded Umesh G Jadhav.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: A family came together to exercise their individual right to vote in Saharsa Bihar. The Election Commission of India called it #PicOfTheDay. Five seasts of Bihar are voting in third phase today.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Active participation of women voters in the voting taking place in Khagaria Lok Sabha constituency, says Election Commission of India. Five seats of Bihar are voting in the third phase.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: The voter turnout recorded till 9 am in third phase of polling was 10.57% , according to Election Commission of India,. Assam 10.12% ,Bihar 10.03%, Chhattisgarh 13.24% , Dadra & Nagar Haveli And Daman & Diu 10.13% and Goa 12.35%, the poll panel said.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Actress Genelia Deshmukh cast her voter in Latur, Maharashtra on Tuesday, “This is an important day and I think everyone should cast their votes today,” she told news agency ANI.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: In his poll day message on Tuesday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appealed voters to vote in large numbers to protect their rights.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: WATCH | Union Home Minister Amit Shah along with his family members stand in a queue as they await their turn to cast their votes for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 at a polling booth in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Union HM and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is the party’s candidate from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat. Congress has fielded its party secretary Sonal Patel from Gandhinagar.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Watch! NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar leaves from a polling booth in Baramati after casting his vote. NSP-SCP has fielded Supriya Sule from the Baramati seat. NCP has fielded Sunetra Pawar, wife of Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar from Baramati
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: District magistrate of Agra Bhanu Chandra Goswami and his wife cast their vote in Agra on Tuesday morning
Nine seats of Madhya Pradesh are voting in the phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections underway across 11 states and a Union Territory. Let’s take a look at numbers of MP
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs a portrait of him as he arrives at a polling booth in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his inked finger after casting his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Around 18.5 lakh Polling officials have been deployed across 1.85 lakh polling stations for polling at 93 seats across 11 states and a Union Territory on Tuesday
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: As many as 17.24 crore voters are eligible to vote in the third phase. Around 18.5 lakh Polling officials have been deployed across 1.85 lakh polling stations, the poll panel said. There are over 14.04 lakh registered 85+ year-old voters. Another 39,599 voters are above 100 years of age in phase 3 polling.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: The voting for the third phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024 is underway. The polling will be held in 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 11 states and a union territory. As many as 1,331 candidates are in the fray in the phase 3 polls,
Read More: Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 3 voting today: Full list of 93 seats voting in third phase
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Congress president Malikarjun Kharge on Tuesday appealed people to vote to save Constitution and democracy as the polling for 93 seats gets underway in phase 3 of Lok Sabha Elections.
“11 Crore people in 93 Constituencies shall exercise their democratic right, not just to elect their representatives, but shall decide whether they want to secure their Constitutional Rights or witness our great nation veer towards Dictatorship. I sincerely urge you to choose Democracy, so that our institutions can return to their independent form and are not pressed under the thumb of brute power. We are right in the middle of the battle,” Kharge said in his poll day appeal.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at a polling booth in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to cast his vote for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Union Home Minister Amit Shah is also present.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: As 93 seats go to polls in the third phase of the Lok Sabha Election today, voter turnout will again be under scrutiny. The turnout in the two phases so far was lower than it was in 2019, raising concerns about Indian voters’ enthusiasm
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: In the ten seats of UP going to polls in phase 3 today, three members of Yadav family are in the fray as SP candidates. These include former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav, who is the SP candidate from party stronghold Mainpuri. Former Member of Parliament (MP) Akshay Yadav, Ram Gopal Yadav’s son, is contesting from Firozabad. Aditya Yadav, Shivpal Singh Yadav’s son, is contesting from Badaun seat.
Also Read: Lok Sabha Elections Phase 3 polling today: High-stakes battle in Samajwadi Party bastions for 3 Yadav family members
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: Among the key candidates whose fate will be sealed today include Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is contesting from Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Shivraj Singh Chouhan from Vidisha (MP), Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna (MP) and Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri (UP), to name a few.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: WATCH | Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also arrive here to cast his vote for
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 Voting Live: In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies bad won 75 of the 93 seats going to polls on Tuesday. Of these 71 where by the BJP alone. The INDIA bloc parties had won only 8 seats. The Congress had won just four seats. Four seats were bagged the undivided Shiv Sena, three by undivided NCP, two by independents, and one by the AIUDF.
Read More: In 2019, BJP & allies had won 75 of 93 seats voting today in Phase 3
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