Over 11 crore people eligible to vote in third phase

Over 11 crore people are eligible to vote in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday.

The constituencies where voting would be held include 25 seats in Gujarat, 11 in Maharashtra, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, 14 in Karnataka, seven in Chhattisgarh, ve in Bihar, four each in Assam and West Bengal and all two in Goa.

The star candidates include Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Digvijaya Singh.

Amit Shah, Mansukh Mandaviya are Shivraj Singh Chouhan some of the star candidates

Battle in Baramati

Also on the table is the battle between veteran NCP leader Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar, wife of Mr. Pawar’s estranged nephew and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, from the family pocket borough of Baramati in Maharashtra. In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple

Yadav is ghting to retain the Mainpuri seat.

May 7 will also decide the fate of former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah will cast their vote in Ahmedabad city under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat.

In 2019, the BJP won 72 of the 93 seats while the Congress won just ve. In Karnataka, the BJP had swept all 14 seats, defeating the Congress and the JD(S), which were in alliance and ruling the State then. However, this time, the BJP is wary of a sexual assault case involving its Karnataka ally JD(S)’ candidate Prajwal Revanna.

After this phase, voting will be completed in 283 out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. The next four phases will be on May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1. Counting of votes is on June 4.