In Assam, prominent candidates in the fray are two sitting MPs All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal in Dhubri and Independent Naba Sarania in Kokrajhar, state social welfare minister Pramila Rani Brahma of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) from Kokrajhar and Congress MLA Abdul Khaleque.
Assam had partially voted in the first two phases too.
West Bengal
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, BJP and Congress are the main contenders in the five seats voting today -- Balurghat, Maldaha North, Maldaha South, Jangipur and Murshidabad.
Four seats will see four-cornered contests between the three parties and the Left Front. It will be a three-cornered contest in Maldaha South as no Left party is in the fray in the seat.
Odisha
In the six seats in Odisha that head for polling today, the main contest in between the state's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the BJP. The BJD had won all the six seats in 2014.
The stakes are high for the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as they had bagged 66 out of these 116 seats in 2014 general election. Congress and its alliance partners had won 27 and the rest went to other Opposition parties and Independents.
Around 18.56 crore voters are eligible for voting in this phase and the Election Commission of India (EC) has set up 2.10 lakh polling booths/stations in this phase.
Voting in Tripura East constituency, which was supposed to happen on April 18 (in the second phase), will also be happening today. The other seat in the state had voted in the first phase on April 11.
Gujarat, Goa and Kerala to vote entirely today
States like Goa, Gujarat and Kerala; and union territories of Daman and Diu, and Dadra Nagar Haveli will vote entirely on April 23.
Voting in parts of UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, among others
Voting will happen in parts of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. All of these states are voting in multiple phases.
Parts of Odisha will simultaneous vote in the Assembly elections.
As many as 116 Lok Sabha constituencies across 15 state and Union territories will head for polling today.
Stay tuned to this LIVE blog for the latest news and updates from the third phase of polling, through the day.
Assam
In Assam, prominent candidates in the fray are two sitting MPs All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal in Dhubri and Independent Naba Sarania in Kokrajhar, state social welfare minister Pramila Rani Brahma of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) from Kokrajhar and Congress MLA Abdul Khaleque.
Assam had partially voted in the first two phases too.
West Bengal
The ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, BJP and Congress are the main contenders in the five seats voting today -- Balurghat, Maldaha North, Maldaha South, Jangipur and Murshidabad.
Four seats will see four-cornered contests between the three parties and the Left Front. It will be a three-cornered contest in Maldaha South as no Left party is in the fray in the seat.
Odisha
In the six seats in Odisha that head for polling today, the main contest in between the state's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the BJP. The BJD had won all the six seats in 2014.
The stakes are high for the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as they had bagged 66 out of these 116 seats in 2014 general election. Congress and its alliance partners had won 27 and the rest went to other Opposition parties and Independents.
Around 18.56 crore voters are eligible for voting in this phase and the Election Commission of India (EC) has set up 2.10 lakh polling booths/stations in this phase.
Voting in Tripura East constituency, which was supposed to happen on April 18 (in the second phase), will also be happening today. The other seat in the state had voted in the first phase on April 11.
Gujarat, Goa and Kerala to vote entirely today
States like Goa, Gujarat and Kerala; and union territories of Daman and Diu, and Dadra Nagar Haveli will vote entirely on April 23.
Voting in parts of UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, among others
Voting will happen in parts of Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. All of these states are voting in multiple phases.
Parts of Odisha will simultaneous vote in the Assembly elections.
As many as 116 Lok Sabha constituencies across 15 state and Union territories will head for polling today.
Stay tuned to this LIVE blog for the latest news and updates from the third phase of polling, through the day.