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Lok Sabha elections: 3rd phase sees over 65% voter participation, Assam leads with 81.71% turnout

The election commission made special arrangements to mitigate the effects of hot weather conditions including the provision of shamiyana, drinking water, medical kits, fans for the convenience of voters.(Image: ECI)
In several constituencies, the Election Commission of India provided the facility of casting of votes from home for senior citizens and persons with disablility. For this, the polling officials visited the homes of voters who availed this facility,(Image: ECI)
In the third phase of Lok Sabha elections which commenced at 7 am on Tuesday, May 7, simultaneously across 93 constituencies recorded an approximate voter turnout of 64.58% across 11 states and Union Territories. (Image: ECI)
Gujarat registered a voter turnout of 59.51% across 24 constituencies where election were held in the third phase of elections. Of these Valsad recorded the highest voter turnout with 72.24% while Amreli saw the least turnout with 49.44%.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra witnessed a decent voter turnout of 61.44% across 11 constituencies. In the state voters excercised their right to vote by polling even on the wedding day. (Image: ECI)
The polling was held smoothly and peacefully in all States/UTs across the three phases which covered the entire North eastern part of the country, LWE affected and vulnerable areas in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. (Image: ECI)
However, in few constituencies voters boycotted election citing unfulfillment of demands of road construction by the incumbent MP. Nagal Fatta village in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras was among these polling stations where voters protested. (Image: PTI)
Business tycoon Gautam Adani casted his vote accompanied by his family in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. The two constituencies in the city, Ahmedabad East and Ahmedabad West recorded voter turnout of 54.04% and 54.43%, respectively. (Image: PTI)
Among the prominent leaders who contested in the third phase of polling are Supriya Sule (Baramati), Dimple Yadav (Mainpuri), Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Mansukh Mandaviya (Porbandar), Parshottam Rupala (Rajkot), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad) and SP Singh Baghel (Agra).