LIVE | 2019 LS polls, phase 3: Casting vote is like taking holy dip in Kumbh: PM
The third phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections is covering the highest number of parliamentary seats.
Mumbai: The third phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections is covering the highest number of parliamentary seats. In this phase, 116 seats will go to polls.
All parliamentary constituencies in Gujarat, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa and Daman and Diu will vote on April 23 in a single phase.
Here are LIVE updates:
08:35 am: After casting his vote, PM Modi said, "Today third phase of polling is underway, I am fortunate that I also got the opportunity to fulfill my duty in my home state of Gujarat. Like you feel pure after a holy dip in Kumbh, one feels pure after casting vote in this festival of democracy."
08:27 am: PM Narendra Modi after casting his vote at a polling booth in Ranip, Ahmedabad.
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08:25 am: PM Narendra Modi casts his vote at a polling booth in Ranip, Ahmedabad.
PM Narendra Modi casts his vote at a polling booth in Ranip,Ahmedabad #Gujarat #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/qOfJW7uRZC
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2019
08:20 am: Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to cast his vote at polling booth in Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ranip, Ahmedabad; BJP President Amit Shah also present
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08:15 am: Maharashtra: Nationalist Congress Party's Supriya Sule along with her family casts her vote a polling station in Baramati; She is sitting MP and NCP MP candidate from Baramati.
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07:52 am: Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his mother at her residence in Gandhinagar today. He will cast his vote in Ahmedabad, shortly.
Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his mother at her residence in Gandhinagar today. He will cast his vote in Ahmedabad, shortly. pic.twitter.com/CUncTSpBTt
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2019
07:35 am: Bihar: Visuals from polling booth number 151 in Supaul parliamentary constituency where voting is yet to begin, currently mock poll is underway at the polling booth after a faulty EVM was replaced.
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07:30 am: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at his mother's residence in Gandhinagar. He will cast his vote in Ahmedabad, shortly.
07:25 am: Karnataka BJP MP candidate from Shimoga BY Raghvendra casts his vote at a polling booth in Shikaripura.
Karnataka: BJP MP candidate from Shimoga BY Raghvendra casts his vote at a polling booth in Shikaripura, in the third phase of general elections. #LokSabhaElections2019 pic.twitter.com/3xzRKu44C4
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2019
07:00 am: Voting begins for third phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections in 116 constituencies across 13 States and 2 Union Territories
In the first phase (April 11), Bihar saw the lowest voter turnout with 50 per cent while West Bengal received the highest turnout with 81 per cent.
In the second phase of polls, 68 per cent voter turnout was recorded.
The counting of votes will take place on May 23.