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)

19:19 PM (IST)  •  23 Apr 2019

Overall voting percentage in various states for Phae 3 voting are as following: Assam - 78.29%; Bihar - 59.97%; Goa - 71.09%; Gujarat - 60.21%; Jammu & Kashmir - 12.86%; Karnataka - 64.14%; Kerala - 70.21%; Maharashtra - 56.57%; Odisha - 58.18%; Tripura - 78.52%; Utar Pradesh - 57.74%; West Bengal - 79.36; Chhattisgarh - 65.91%; Dadra & Nagar Haveli - 71.43%; Daman & Diu - 65.34%.

19:05 PM (IST)  •  23 Apr 2019

Watch LIVE: Press conference by Election Commission #IndiaElections2019 #GeneralElections2019 https://t.co/SVX0kClI2I

— PIB India (@PIB_India) April 23, 2019

18:35 PM (IST)  •  23 Apr 2019

Today after casting his vote, PM took out a long procession & delivered a speech. There has never been such a clear violation of MCC, he is a habitual offender. We appealed to EC to bar him from campaigning for 48-72 hours: Abhishek Manu Singhvi after a Congress delegation met EC.

18:22 PM (IST)  •  23 Apr 2019

Less than five per cent of the 5.30 lakh electorate of Anantnag district in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency of Jammu and Kashmir exercised their franchise in the first four hours of polling Tuesday.

17:54 PM (IST)  •  23 Apr 2019

Delhi: BJP's Gautam Gambhir files his nomination for the East Delhi parliamentary constituency. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/mGsVXToS8w

— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2019