India General Elections 2024 Phase 3 voting LIVE | Around 60.19% polling till 5 p.m.; clashes in West Bengal
India General Elections 2024 Assam recorded the highest turnout at 74.86% followed by West Bengal at 73.93%, while Maharashtra witnessed the lowest at 53.63%, with Bihar doing slightly better at 56.01%
A voter turnout of 60.19% was recorded till 5 p.m. in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in 93 constituencies spread over 11 States and Union Territories on Tuesday with sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal.
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India General Elections 2024 Assam recorded the highest turnout at 74.86% followed by West Bengal at 73.93% while Maharashtra witnessed the lowest at 53.63%, with Bihar doing slightly better at 56.01%.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi announced on May 7 that the Agniveer scheme would be abolished if the INDIA bloc is voted to power, alleging that it was initiated by PM Narendra Modi and not by the Army.
India General Elections 2024 Addressing a poll rally in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “I want 400 seats in Lok Sabha to prevent Congress from looting OBC quota to benefit its vote bank.” “In last 5 years, we had nearly 400 seats, including NDA, regional parties and Independents; we used it to remove Article 370,” said Mr. Modi at a rally in Dhar.
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India General Elections 2024 Sporadic incidents of violence marred the third phase of Lok Sabha polls in four constituencies in West Bengal as TMC, BJP and Congress-CPI(M) workers clashed with each other in various parts of Murshidabad and Jangipur seats.
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Over 1,300 candidates, including around 120 women, are in the fray in the third phase. Among the bigwigs are Union ministers Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Digvijya Singh (Rajgargh), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and S.P. Singh Baghel (Agra).
India election 2024 updates: Millions vote in third phase of Lok Sabha poll
- As of 3pm local time (09:30 GMT), voter turnout was around 51 percent, with the highest recorded in the state of West Bengal, and the lowest in the western state of Maharashtra.
- Prime Minister Modi cast his vote in Gandhinagar constituency where his number two, Home Minister Amit Shah, is the BJP candidate.
- Congress party’s former President Sonia Gandhi says Modi and his BJP are promoting “hatred for political gain”, adding that their focus is “only on gaining power at any cost”.
- Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav says he hopes India’s election body will take action against complaints of booth capturing by the workers of the governing BJP, according to the India Today network.
- An Indian court extended the pre-trial detention of opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal until May 20.
- Lok Sabha Election 2024 3rd Phase Voting: “BJP Forgot About 400-Paar After First 2 Phases”
Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 3: The Phase 3 of the election mostly covers areas that are part of the BJP stronghold, including Gujarat and the two states the party wrested from the Congress last year — Rajasthan and Chhatttisgarh.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel mocked the BJP today, saying the party has given up on its aspiration for 400-plus seats after the first two phases of election. And now, “after Phase 3, they are in a tight corner,” he added.
India General Elections 2024 Talking to NDTV after casting his vote in the third phase of election, Mr Baghel said, “After the first two phases they forgot about crossing 400. So they started talking about Muslim League and mangalsutra and cattle”. “Now they can’t even talk about that,” added Mr Baghel, who lost his state to the BJP last year.
India General Elections 2024 of the election mostly covers areas that are part of the BJP stronghold, including Gujarat and the two states the party wrested from the Congress last year — Rajasthan and Chhatttisgarh.
Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel mocked the BJP today, saying the party has given up on its aspiration for 400-plus seats after the first two phases of election. And now, “after Phase 3, they are in a tight corner,” he added.
Talking to NDTV after casting his vote in the third phase of election, Mr Baghel said, “After the first two phases they forgot about crossing 400. So they started talking about Muslim League and mangalsutra and cattle”. “Now they can’t even talk about that,” added Mr Baghel, who lost his state to the BJP last year.
India General Elections 2024 BJP Forgot About 400-Paar After First 2 Phases
India General Elections 2024 The Phase 3 of the election mostly covers areas that are part of the BJP stronghold, including Gujarat and the two states the party wrested from the Congress last year — Rajasthan and Chhatttisgarh.
In 2019, the party won 72 of the 92 seats going to polls today, 26 of them in Gujarat alone. That year, the BJP had also won nine of Chhattisgarh’s 11 seats — only two seats had gone to the Congress.
This time, given the results of the last assembly polls, the BJP is hoping for a clean sweep.
In 2019, the party won 72 of the 92 seats going to polls today, 26 of them in Gujarat alone. That year, the BJP had also won nine of Chhattisgarh’s 11 seats — only two seats had gone to the Congress.
This time, given the results of the last assembly polls, the BJP is hoping for a clean sweep.
