Lok Sabha elections: Third phase of polling concludes in 93 constituencies
BJP’s Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh are prominent candidates in fray.
Polling in the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections concluded on Tuesday in 93 parliamentary constituencies across 11 states and four Union territories.
The approximate voter turnout was 61.14%, according to data shared by the Election Commission.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate won from the Surat seat unopposed, elections are being held in 25 of the 26 seats of Gujarat, 11 seats in Maharashtra, 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 14 seats in Karnataka, nine seats in Madhya Pradesh, seven in Chhattisgarh, five in Bihar, four each in Assam and West Bengal and both the seats in Goa. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu also went to polls on Tuesday.
The voter turnout in Goa was 74.27%, 56.55% in Gujarat, 67.16% in Karnataka, 63.03% in Madhya Pradesh, 54.09% in Maharashtra, 57.26% in Uttar Pradesh and 73.93% in West Bengal, according to data released by the Election Commission.
The turnout in Assam was 75.01%, 56.55% in Bihar and 66.99% in Chhattisgarh. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu had recorded a voter turnout of 65.23%.
In Surat, BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal was declared the winner on April 22 after the Congress’ Nilesh Kumbhani was disqualified by the polling officer and other candidates withdrew their nominations.
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