- By Mayukh Debnath
- Tue, 07 May 2024 09:16 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3: The third phase of voting for the ongoing Lok Sabha election was held on Tuesday. Phase 3 saw voting in 92 parliamentary constituencies spread across 11 states and union territories. The approximate overall voter turnout recorded for the phase stood at 61.72 per cent after the end of voting hours, as per the Election Commission's 'Turnout App'.
The states and UTs that witnessed voting on Tuesday are Gujarat (25 seats), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Karnataka (14), Madhya Pradesh (8), Assam (4), Goa (2), Maharashtra (11), Uttar Pradesh (10), West Bengal (4), Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2). The fates of several bigwigs, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, were sealed by voters in the recently-concluded phase.
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3 State-Wise Turnout
Among the states that witnessed voting on Tuesday, Assam recorded the highest voter turnout by the end of the day with nearly 75.3 per cent of all the registered voters in the state casting their votes. On the other hand, Maharashtra registered just 55.21 per cent turnout through the day. Find below the state-wise voter turnout for phase 3 of Lok Sabha election 2024:
Assam: 75.3%
Uttar Pradesh: 57.34%
Karnataka: 68.78%
Gujarat: 56.91%
Goa: 74.47%
Chhattisgarh: 67.24%
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman-Diu: 65.23%
West Bengal: 73.93%
Bihar: 56.55%
Madhya Pradesh: 63.67%
Maharashtra: 55.21%
LS Polls 2024 Phase 3: Bigwigs In Fray
More than 1,300 candidates were in the fray for phase 3 of Lok Sabha election 2024. Of all the candidates whose fates were sealed by voters in the third phase, 120 are women. Several stalwarts were also in the fray on Tuesday.
Some of the said bigwigs include union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), SP Singh Baghel (Agra). The fate of BJP leader and former Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri) was also sealed.
Other high-profile candidates who fought it out on the electoral battleground include Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's wife and sitting MP Dimple Yadav (Mainpuri), NCP (SCP) supremo Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule (Baramati). She was pitted against Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar, who contested as the BJP-led Maha Yuti alliance's candidate from Baramati.
Former Madhya Pradesh chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha) and Digvijaya Singh (Rajgarh), fielded by the BJP and the Congress respectively, were also among the candidates who participated in the race to get elected to the Lok Sabha.
LS Polls 2024: PM Modi Cast His Vote
Prime Minister Narendra Modi exercised his franchise in Ahmedabad soon after voting across 25 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat began on Tuesday morning. Donning a saffron jacket over a white kurta, the Prime Minister cast his vote at the polling station in Ahmedabad's Nishan Vidhyala, which comes under the Gandhinagar constituency. Amit Shah was the BJP candidate for the seat.
LS Polls 2024: Pawar Family Bastions Witnesses High-Stakes Battle
The Baramati Lok Sabha seat, which is considered a bastion of Maharashtra's highly influential Pawar family, witnessed a high-stakes electoral battle on Tuesday as voters exercised their franchise to elect their representative from a pool of candidates, including Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule and the Sunetra Pawar, the wife of the veteran leader's rebel nephew Ajit Pawar.
Sharad Pawar has represented Baramati multiple times in the past since his first electoral victory from the seat in 1984. However, with a fight within the Pawar family, this seat has become a symbol of the larger power struggle in Maharashtra between the Maha Vikas Aghadi and the ruling Maha Yuti coalition.
(With inputs from agencies)
