This Article is From May 07, 2024

Lok Sabha Election Highlights: 62.1% Voter Turnout Recorded Across 11 States, Union Territories

Elections 2024 Highlights: The elections were held in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat and BJP's strongholds in the Hindi heartland belt of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh.

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Elections 2024 Phase 3 Voting: Over 1,300 candidates, including 120 women, are contesting in third phase.

New Delhi:

The third phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections took place today in 93 constituencies spread over 11 states and Union Territories. More than 1,300 candidates, including 120 women, contested in this crucial phase.

62.1% voter turnout was recorded across 11 states and union territories in this phase.

The third phase of voting took place in 26 seats in Gujarat, 14 in Karnataka, 11 in Maharashtra, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, 8 in Madhya Pradesh, 7 in Chhattisgarh, 5 in Bihar, 4 in Assam, 4 in West Bengal, 2 in Goa and 2 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

The Lok Sabha elections are being held across seven phases, from April 19 to June 1. The counting is scheduled for June 4.

Here are the Highlights on Phase 3:

May 07, 2024 20:38 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Nearly 1,000 Components Of EVM Sets Peplaced In Assam, Says Official
Nine hundred and sixty-five Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) components - control units, VVPATs and ballot units - were replaced due to malfunctioning in the third and last phase of polling across the four Lok Sabha seats in Assam today, officials said, reported news agency PTI.

In several cases, the components were replaced as the complete EVM set, while it was changed in parts in most of the cases after snags were detected, a senior official of the Election Department said on condition of anonymity.

Several of these glitches were noticed during mock polling, which started 90 minutes before the actual voting, and those machines were replaced accordingly, he added.
May 07, 2024 20:35 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Bilkis Bano Casts Vote With Husband In Gujarat
Gujarat riots survivor Bilkis Bano cast her vote with her husband Yakub Rasul in the state's Devgadh Baria town under the Dahod Lok Sabha constituency, reported news agency PTI. Ms Bano flashed her inked finger after coming out of the polling station in the Kapdi locality.
May 07, 2024 19:23 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: 62.1% Polling In Phase 3 Today
62.1% polling was registered in Phase 3 of polls today.
May 07, 2024 19:22 (IST)
Lok Sabha Elections LIVE: Trinamool Protests Against BJP Candidate At Malda Polling Station
Trinamool Congress leaders and party workers protested against the BJP candidate from South Malda Lok Sabha seat Sreerupa Mitra Choudhary when she reached a polling station in her constituency, reported news agency PTI. Speaking about the incident, Ms Choudhary said, "At 18 number ward, there are five booths and 6,000 voters. The local councillor, Nivedita Kundu, and her husband Ashish Kundu from the TMC gathered a mob and surrounded the main entrance of the polling station and started raising political slogans. They were creating obstructions for the voters and they wanted to create fear in them so that they don't come to vote."
May 07, 2024 18:33 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: 66.87% Voting Till 5 PM In 7 Seats Of Chhattisgarh
A voter turnout of 66.87 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in seven out of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in Chhattisgarh, where polling was held in the third and last phase of the general elections in the state on Tuesday, a poll official said, reported news agency PTI.
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May 07, 2024 18:32 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Over 74% Polling In 4 Assam Seats Till 5 PM
Over 74 per cent of the 81.49 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm on Tuesday in four Lok Sabha constituencies in the third and final phase of elections in Assam, an official said, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 18:31 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Bengal Logs 73.93% Turnout In 4 Seats Till 5 PM
Altogether 73.93 per cent of the 73.37 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm in four seats of West Bengal in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, a poll official said, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 18:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: Maharashtra Sees 53.4% Turnout Till 5 PM
A voter turnout of 53.40 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in 11 of the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra, where polling is underway in the third phase of the general elections on Tuesday, election authorities said, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 18:29 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: 55.22% Polling Till 5 pm In 25 Seats Of Gujarat
A voter turnout of 55.22 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in 25 Lok Sabha seats of Gujarat in the third phase of the elections on Tuesday, an Election Commission (EC) official said, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 18:28 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: 56% Turnout In Bihar's 5 Lok Sabha Seats Till 5 PM
A voter turnout of 56 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in the five Lok Sabha seats of Bihar that went to polls in the third phase of the general elections on Tuesday, an official said, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 18:27 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: UP Records 55.13% Voter Turnout Till 5 PM
A little over 55 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm in the Lok Sabha election being held for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 18:26 (IST)
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Live: 62.28% Voter Turnout Till 5 PM In Madhya Pradesh's 9 Seats
At least 62.28 per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm in nine Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh in the third phase of the general elections on Tuesday, a poll official said, reported news agency PTI.
May 07, 2024 17:42 (IST)
Lok Sabha Elections Phase 3 LIVE: 60.2% Voter Turnout Till 5 PM
Till 5 pm, 60.2% voter turnout has been recorded in Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha polls.
May 07, 2024 17:13 (IST)
Lok Sabha Phase 3 Voting LIVE: Madhya Pradesh Logs 54.09% Voter Turnout Till 3 PM
Over 54% of polling was recorded till 3 pm in the Lok Sabha elections being held in nine parliamentary constituencies in Madhya Pradesh today, reported news agency ANI. By 3 pm, 54.09% votes were cast, according to data released by the Election Commission of India.
May 07, 2024 15:46 (IST)
Nearly 51% Voter Turnout Recorded Across 11 States, Union Territories Till 3 PM
At 3 pm , 50.7% voter turnout was recorded across 11 states and union territories. The third phase of voting takes in 26 seats in Gujarat, 14 in Karanataka, 11 in Maharashtra, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, 8 in Madhya Pradesh, 7 in Chhattisgarh, 5 in Bihar, 4 in Assam, 4 in West Bengal, 2 in Goa and 2 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
May 07, 2024 14:48 (IST)
Lok Sabha Phase 3 Voting: Voting for 4/42 seats in West Bengal and 11/48 seats in Maharashtra are voting today

May 07, 2024 14:08 (IST)
Just In | 40% Polling Till 1 pm As 93 Seats Vote In Phase 3
May 07, 2024 13:53 (IST)
Lok Sabha Phase 3 Voting: 5 generations of a family voted together in Chhattisgarh's Semli
May 07, 2024 13:05 (IST)
Lok Sabha Phase 3 Voting: Voting for all seats in Gujarat and 14 seats in Karnataka is underway


May 07, 2024 11:55 (IST)
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