2019 Lok Sabha polls, Phase 3: A look at the key constituencies across 13 states, 2 UTs going to poll

The number of seats going for polls in the third phase are 117 seats, maximum number of seats as compared to all other phases. 36 percent of Lok Sabha constituency going for polls in the third phase.

The third phase of Lok Sabha polls shall get underway today in which polling shall happen across 117 seats across 15 states. Among the key contestants in the fray are BJP chief Amit Shah (Gandhinagar, Gujarat), Congress president Rahul Gandhi (Wayanad, Kerala), and Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav (Mainpuri, UP). The number of seats going for polls in the third phase are 117 seats, maximum number of seats as compared to all other phases. 36 percent of Lok Sabha constituency going for polls in the third phase. Here are the key constituencies going to the polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday Wayanad (Kerala) Key candidates: Rahul Gandhi (Congress), P.P. Suneer (CPI), Thushar Vellappally (NDA) Gandhinagar (Gujarat) Key candidates: Amit Shah (BJP), C.J. Chavda (Congress) Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) Key candidates: Azam Khan (Samajwadi Party), Jaya Prada (BJP), Sanjay Kapoor (Congress) Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) Key candidates: Akshay Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Shivpal Singh Yadav (Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party-Lohia), Chandra Sen Jadun (BJP) Mainpuri (Uttar Pradesh) Key candidates: Mulayam Singh Yadav (Samajwadi Party), Prem Singh Shakya (BJP) Pilibhit (Uttar Pradesh) Key candidates: Varun Gandhi (BJP), Hemraj Verma (Samajwadi Party) Malda North (West Bengal) Key candidates: Mausam Benazir Noor (Trinamool Congress), Isha Khan Chowdhry (Congress), Khagen Murmu (BJP) Puri (Odisha) Key candidates: Pinaki Mishra (BJD), Sambit Patra (BJP), Satya Prakash Nayak (Congress) Madha (Maharashtra) Key candidates: Ranjitsinh Naik-Nimbalkar (BJP), Sanjay Shinde (NCP) Baramati (Maharashtra) Key candidates: Supriya Sule (NCP), Kanchan Kul (BJP) Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) Key candidates: Shashi Tharoor (Congress), Kummanam Rajasekharan (BJP), C. Divarkaran (LDF) Gulbarga (Karnataka) Key candidates: Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress), Umesh Jadhav (BJP) Madhepura (Bihar) Key candidates: Pappu Yadav (Jan Adhikar Party), Sharad Yadav (RJD), Dinesh Chandra Yadav (Janata Dal-United),