All set for third phase of polling for 93 seats on May 7
The Hindu
93 Lok Sabha constituencies in 12 States will vote in the third phase of general elections on May 7.
A total of 93 Lok Sabha constituencies in 12 States will vote in the third phase of the general elections on May 7.
Initially, the Election Commission (EC) had announced 94 seats for polling in the third phase. After this though, polls in Betul were postponed to May 7, making it 95 constituencies.
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However, soon thereafter, polls in Anantnag-Rajouri were postponed to May 25 and Surat, where voting was supposed to take place on May 7, elected a BJP candidate unopposed, thus reducing the number of seats going to polls to 93 in the third phase.
In the fray are over 1,300 candidates, including around 120 women. Over 11 crore people are eligible to vote in this phase.
The constituencies where voting would be held include 25 seats in Gujarat, 11 seats in Maharashtra, 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 14 in Karnataka, seven in Chhattisgarh, five in Bihar, four each in Assam and West Bengal and all two in Goa.
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