Phase 3: PM Modi reaches Gujarat to vote

April 23, 2019 07:59

Voting began Tuesday for 116 Lok Sabha seats, including all constituencies in Gujarat and Kerala, with Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and several Union ministers among prominent candidates in the fray.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his mother at her residence in Gandhinagar today.

He will cast his vote in Ahmedabad shortly.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinnarayi Vijayan also queued up to cast his vote at polling booth in RC Amala Basic UP School in Pinarayi in Kannur district.

About 18.56 crore voters are eligible for voting in the third phase of the elections, for which 2.10 lakh polling booths/stations have been set up.

The Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements. Besides all seats in Gujarat (26) and Kerala (20), voting will be held in four seats in Assam, five in Bihar, seven in Chhattisgarh, 14 each in Karnataka and Maharashtra, six in Odisha, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, five in West Bengal, two in Goa, and one each in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Tripura.

Voting in Tripura East constituency, which was earlier scheduled for April 18, is also being held, as also in a part of the Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir, where election is being held in three phases.

Voting is also being held in some Assembly constituencies in Odisha, Gujarat and Goa. -- PTI, ANI

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