Elections 2019 Phase 3 HIGHLIGHTS: EVM snag, violence hit voting; overall voter turnout 65%
Background
Lok Sabha elections 2019 Phase 3 LIVE UPDATES: Polling concluded in the third phase of ongoing elections began on Tuesday, April 23, in as many as 117 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across 13 states and 2 Union Territories. All 26 constituencies in Gujarat, all 20 seats in Kerala, 14 each in Maharashtra and Karnataka, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Chhattisgarh, six in Odisha, five each in Bihar and West Bengal, four in Assam, two in Goa, one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Tripura witnessed polling in the third phase today.
Among the key contestants in the fray were BJP chief Amit Shah (Gandhinagar, Gujarat), Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Wayanad, Kerala), and Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri, UP).
• Date of voting for the third phase – April 23, 2019
• Number of seats going for polls – 117 seats (Maximum number of seats compared to all other phases)
• 36 per cent of Lok Sabha constituency going for polls in the third phase
• Number of states/UTs going for polls in the third phase – 15 (Also, part of Anantnag seat of Kashmir will also go for polls)
• Voters’ turnout in the third phase – 68.43 per cent
• Number of female candidates – 144 (9 per cent of total candidates)
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