Lok Sabha Polls: Voting ends for phase 3

Voting was also brisk in Assam (62.13 per cent) and Goa (58.93 per cent). In Chhattisgarh, 55.29 per cent of the electors cast their votes till 3 p.m.

Karnataka, where the remaining 14 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats are going to the polls in the third phase, saw around 50 per cent voting till 3 p.m. Kerala, where polling is being held in all the 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state, witnessed a turnout of 56 per cent.

Voting was moderate in Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. In Gujarat, 50.35 per cent of the eligible voters had exercised their franchise till 3 p.m. while in Bihar, it was 47 per cent.