With intermittent violent occurrences in West Bengal, the third round of the Lok Sabha elections had a voter participation of 60.19% until 5 p.m. on Tuesday across 93 seats distributed over 11 States and Union Territories. The greatest turnout was reported in Assam (74.86%), followed by West Bengal (73.93%) and Maharashtra (53.63%), with Bihar performing somewhat better (56.01%).
On May 7, Congressman Rahul Gandhi declared that if the INDIA coalition is elected to power, the Agniveer initiative would be terminated. He claimed that PM Narendra Modi, not the Army, was the one who started the program.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared, “I want 400 seats in the Lok Sabha to prevent Congress from looting OBC quota to benefit its vote bank,” during a political rally in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday. “We used our nearly 400 seats—which included the NDA, regional parties, and Independents—over the last five years to remove Article 370,” Mr. Modi said during a rally in Dhar.
The third round of the Lok Sabha elections in four West Bengal constituencies was plagued by sporadic violent occurrences as activists from the TMC, BJP, and Congress-CPI(M) battled in different portions of the seats of Murshidabad and Jangipur.
In the third phase, more than 1,300 candidates—about 120 of them are women—are in the running. The Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), Digvijya Singh (Rajgargh), and S.P. Singh Baghel (Agra) are among the prominent figures.
According to the most recent statistics released by the Election Commission of India, the polling in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, which began in the early morning hours of Tuesday concurrently throughout 93 seats, achieved an approximate voter participation of 63.47 percent.
According to the most recent data from the ECI, Assam had the greatest voter turnout—76.91 percent—while Uttar Pradesh had the lowest—57.34 percent.
According to the most recent ECI data, the voter turnout in the other states that held their third phase of voting on Tuesday was as follows: Bihar -58.02 percent; Chhattisgarh -69.17 percent; Goa -74.59 percent; Gujarat -57.48 percent; Karnataka -69.54 percent; Madhya Pradesh -66.05 percent; Maharashtra – 61.05 percent; and West Bengal -73.96 percent.
61.45% approximate voter turnout was recorded today till 8 pm in Phase 3 of #LokSabhaElections2024, as per the Election Commission of India. pic.twitter.com/JCZdu4774S
— ANI (@ANI) May 7, 2024Polling was supposed to run until 6 p.m., however the ECI reported that voters were frequently seen waiting in line for lengthier periods of time than the appointed time.
The ECI said that all States/UTs, including vulnerable and LWE-affected districts in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh, as well as the entire northeastern region of the nation, saw a seamless and peaceful third phase of voting. The Commission, which was chaired by CEC Rajiv Kumar and included ECs Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, regularly monitored every facet of the election process. Strict security protocols were implemented, fostering an atmosphere that allowed people to exercise their right to vote without fear or intimidation.
Phase 3 of the polling for the general elections of 2024 has concluded in 20 States/UTs and 283 PCs. There were 1331 contenders in all, around 120 of them were female, competing in this round of voting. In this phase, votes may be cast at 1.85 lakh polling places by a total of 17.24 crore voters.
In 25 seats, Gujarat has a provisional voter participation of 56.91 percent
Despite the intense heat and reports of EVM malfunctions and fraudulent voting in certain areas, a provisional voter participation of 56.91 percent was registered in Gujarat’s single-phase polling for 25 Lok Sabha seats. Nevertheless, officials said that the election proceeded peacefully overall. In the 2019 legislative elections, Gujarat had a 64.11 percent voter turnout.
Maha Cong chairman said that the BJP is speaking about Pakistan because it fears losing
The president of the Maharashtra Congress, Nana Patole, stated that Narendra Modi’s unfounded assertions are a result of the BJP’s current sense that the ground beneath their feet is slipping away. Relentlessly bringing up Pakistan during the Indian elections demonstrates their fear of losing the current contest.Repeatedly bringing up Pakistan just serves to highlight his relationship with the country.
Will secure seats in Jalgaon and Raver
Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, declared, “We will secure a solid majority in both Jalgaon district and Raver seats.” Strong backing for the BJP in the Lok Sabha seats of Raver and Jalgaon. Every pledge that Modi ji made to the people has come to pass. For this reason, many support Modi.”
Himanta Biswa Sarma predicts the NDA would win three of the four seats in the third phase
“The feedback from today’s polling confirms the outstanding progress NDA has maintained through all the phases till now,” tweeted Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The NDA will win three of the four Assamese seats that were up for election today. For obvious reasons, the fourth one is a competition.”
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