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Election 2019 phase 3 polling live updates: Voter ID is the weapon of democracy, says PM Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Phase 3 of polling underway in the states of Kerala, Assam, Chattisgarh, Gujrat, Goa, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal. A total of 117 constituencies are voting today. Amit Shah and Rahul Gandhi in battle from Gandhinagar and Wayanad respectively.

03:12 PM, May 21

43% voting in Kerala, 39% in Gandhinagar, Gujarat as of 2 pm: IANS

02:56 PM, May 21

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh casts his vote in Dispur, Assam

02:26 PM, May 21

Around 35.70% voting was recorded till 1 p.m. for the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Maharashtra: IANS

02:25 PM, May 21

Estimated voter turnout till now : 37.89%, reported ANI

02:17 PM, May 21

Kerala registers 22.24% voting in 4 hours

02:16 PM, May 21

45% voting recorded in Goa till 1pm : IANS

02:04 PM, May 21

The Samajwadi Party has fielded Shalini Yadav as the joint candidate of the SP-BSP alliance in Varanasi to challenge Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections

01:59 PM, May 21

Finance Minister & BJP leader Arun Jaitley casts his vote at a polling booth in Ahmedabad:ANI

01:53 PM, May 21

The fascinating story of a Bollywood couple in rival parties seeking votes for each other

01:41 PM, May 21

35% electorate cast their votes in the first four hours of polling in phase three of the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal on Tuesday : IANS

01:37 PM, May 21

33.85% voter turnout in Bihar till 1pm : IANS

01:32 PM, May 21

BJP veteran leader LK Advani casts his vote

12:58 PM, May 21

Supreme Court has issued criminal contempt notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi: IANS

12:56 PM, May 21

Supreme Court has issued criminal contempt notice to Congress President Rahul Gandhi: IANS

12:53 PM, May 21

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday named singer Hans Raj Hans for the North West Delhi Lok Sabha seat, dropping the sitting MP Udit Raj: IANS

12:47 PM, May 21

35% voting in Tripura LS polls: IANS

12:42 PM, May 21

"EVMs across India are either malfunctioning or voting for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)," IANS reported citing UP Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav

12:38 PM, May 21

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel votes in Durg

12:31 PM, May 21

Around 35% voting recorded in Tripura: IANS

12:29 PM, May 21

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and wife Sulakshana Sawant cast their votes: ANI

12:26 PM, May 21

Voter turnout percentage till 11am

12:24 PM, May 21

Polling underway, voter turnout percentage as of 11 am in Karnataka, Assam, UP, Bihar and West Bengal

12:17 PM, May 21

Singer Hans Raj Hans to contest from North West Delhi from BJP: ANI

12:15 PM, May 21

"My work will do the talking," Sunny Deol after joining BJP

12:11 PM, May 21

PM Narendra Modi addresses a public meeting in Kendrapara, Odisha

12:07 PM, May 21

Bollywood actor Sunny Deol joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

12:04 PM, May 21

Boxer Vijender Singh to file his nomination from South Delhi Lok Sabha seat as Congress candidate shortly: ANI

12:04 PM, May 21

Actor Sunny Deol Bhartiya Janata Party

12:03 PM, May 21

P. Sathasivam, Governor of Kerala casts his vote in Thiruvananthapuram

11:55 AM, May 21

Voter turnout percentage as of 11 am

11:46 AM, May 21

Around 26.55% polling was recorded in Goa's two Lok Sabha constituencies by 11 am: IANS

11:43 AM, May 21

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge casts his vote in Karnataka

11:40 AM, May 21

Senior citizens cast their vote in Chattisgarh

11:36 AM, May 21

Actor Sunny Deol to join Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shortly: ANI

11:35 AM, May 21

Polling underway in Jammu and Kashmir

11:33 AM, May 21

Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate from Badaun, Dharmendra Yadav, claimed on Tuesday that his rival candidate Sanghmitra Maurya's father and state minister Swami Prasad Maurya was still camping in Badaun which was a violation of the model code of conduct.

11:29 AM, May 21

Congress leader Hardik Patel casts his vote in Gujarat

11:27 AM, May 21

Over 10% voting recorded in Uttar Pradesh, IANS reported citing Chief Electoral Officer Ramesh Chandra Rai

11:24 AM, May 21

Governor of Kerala Shri P. Sathasivam along with his wife cast their votes in Thiruvananthapuram in the early hours of polling

11:22 AM, May 21

7% voting recorded in Karnataka

11:21 AM, May 21

BJP MP candidate Kummanam Rajasekharan, set to cast his vote at a polling station in Thiruvananthapuram: ANI

11:14 AM, May 21

All EVMs at a polling station in Cuncolim Assembly constituency in South Goa have been replaced after reports of malfunctioning: IANS

11:11 AM, May 21

A total of 4.2% voter turnout was recorded in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir till 10 am: IANS

11:04 AM, May 21

Nearly 20% polling was reported in Gujarat in the first two hours: IANS

10:58 AM, May 21

Violence reported as BJP workers beat Election Officer : ANI

10:58 AM, May 21

Social activist Anna Hazare casts his vote in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra: ANI

10:53 AM, May 21

Gautam Gambhir holds roadshow ahead of filling his nomination in Delhi

10:50 AM, May 21

Voter turnout percentages as of 9 am in Chattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu, Goa and Gujarat

10:49 AM, May 21

Average 20% polling in Gujarat in early hour : IANS

An average 20 per cent polling was reported in the Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat during the first two hours till around 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday.Gujarat has 26 Lok Sabha seats and over 4.51 crore voters are eligible to vote. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah and Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel voted in Gujarat early in the day.

10:48 AM, May 21

Voter turnout percentages as of 9 am

10:47 AM, May 21

Kashmiri Pandits cast their votes at a Special Polling Station in Udhampur

10:45 AM, May 21

NDA candidate Thushar Vellappally demands re-polling after EVM malfunction in Kerala: ANI

10:38 AM, May 21

Naveen Patnaik has filed nominations from two constituencies.

10:37 AM, May 21

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, who has been in power for four consecutive terms, faces anti-incumbency for the first time.

10:37 AM, May 21

In the phase 3 of polling, Odisha will be voting not just for Lok Sabha but also Assembly elections.

10:37 AM, May 21

Odisha’s Chief Minister for 19 years is fighting some strange battles

10:33 AM, May 21

Entire set of EVMs has been replaced in South Goa, reports IANS citing election officer

10:33 AM, May 21

Jawed Habib, a name synonymous with salons and hair styling in India, has now joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the national capital Delhi.

10:33 AM, May 21

Over one lakh voters (16%) cast their votes in the first two hours of polling in West Bengal: IANS

10:31 AM, May 21

Goa Governor Mridula Sinha urges people to vote

10:27 AM, May 21

Voting underway in Jammu and Kashmir

10:25 AM, May 21

13% voting recorded in Goa's two Lok Sabha constituencies in first 2 hours: IANS

10:22 AM, May 21

PM Narendra Modi's mother, Heeraben Modi, votes : ANI

10:19 AM, May 21

Glitches in EVMs, VVPATs delay Karnataka polling : IANS

10:19 AM, May 21

Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram candidate Shashi Tharoor casts his vote

10:18 AM, May 21

Odisha’s Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has twice as much at stake over many other regional leaders in India. The people in the state are voting not just for the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, but also for the state assembly and Patnaik is fighting the kind of anti-incumbency that is inevitable after holding power for 19 years. Rumours of his ill health have also been doing the rounds. To dissipate those rumours, Patnaik even released a video of him working out and also gave out interviews while in the gym.

10:18 AM, May 21

Over all voter turn out at 9 am :

10:11 AM, May 21

Mulayam Singh Yadav also contesting from the Mainpuri seat

10:08 AM, May 21

The presidents of the two main political parties are in fray in the third phase with BJP chief Amit Shah making his Lok Sabha election debut from Gandhinagar and Congress President Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad.

10:00 AM, May 21

Polling percentage till 9 am in Uttar Pradesh: 10.24%

09:54 AM, May 21

Abhay Singh Yadav casts his vote at a polling booth in Saifai, Mainpuri

09:45 AM, May 21

Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha, casts his vote at a polling booth in Bhubaneswar

09:40 AM, May 21

Polling percentage till 9 am: Assam-12.36%, Bihar-12.60%, Goa-2.29%, Gujarat-1.35%, J&K-0.00%, Kerala-2.48%, Maharashtra-0.99%, Odisha-1.32% : ANI

09:39 AM, May 21

A majority of votes in Jalna, one of Maharashtra’s 48 constituencies, have gone to Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Raosaheb Danve in every general election since 1999.

09:38 AM, May 21

Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor is up against Kummanam Rajasekharan of BJP from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala

09:31 AM, May 21

Malfunctioning of some electronic voting machines (EVMs) was reported from across Kerala on Tuesday as the state voted to elect 20 Lok Sabha members: IANS

09:29 AM, May 21

BJP President Amit Shah and his wife Sonal Shah cast their votes in Ahmedabad

09:21 AM, May 21

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan casts his vote in Odisha: ANI

09:19 AM, May 21

BJP MP from North West Delhi Udit Raj on Tuesday announced that he will resign from the party if he is not fielded as a candidate in the Lok Sabha elections.

09:15 AM, May 21

Voting for the crucial third phase for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh began on Tuesday that will decide the fate of four members of SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav's clan, besides senior party leader Azam Khan and his bete noir BJP's Jaya Prada.

09:13 AM, May 21

Voting underway in Karnataka's 14 Lok Sabha seats in 28,022 polling stations across the regions, including 216 all-women ('sakhi') and 39 ethnic booths for gender and tribal empowerment: IANS

09:07 AM, May 21

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and wife Anjali cast their vote

09:05 AM, May 21

Voting starts in 10 Lok Sabha seats in UP, with a total of 1.78 crore electorates choosing from 120 contesting candidates: IANS

09:00 AM, May 21

Former IAS and BJP MP Candidate from Bhubaneswar, Aparajita Sarangi casts her vote at IRC Village

08:59 AM, May 21

Voting underway in Karnataka : Among the early voters were the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) state unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa and his family at Shikaripura in the Shimoga parliamentary seat, and BJP candidate Umesh Jadav at Chincholi in the Gulbarga (SC) constituency

08:59 AM, May 21

Polling begins in Bihar, large number of women seen queued up outside polling booths voting for five Lok Sabha seats in the third phase of the seven-phased process in the state: IANS

08:56 AM, May 21

The richest Candidate in today's phase is Devendra Singh Yadav (SP) contesting from Etah, UP with ₹205 crores of total assets

08:53 AM, May 21

Amid unprecedented security, polling started on Tuesday at 7 am for the first phase of the three-phased Anantnag Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir: IANS

08:50 AM, May 21

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will also cast his vote in Assam

08:50 AM, May 21

08:49 AM, May 21

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will aim to defend the 62 of the 117 third phase seats it won in 2014 and its performance in this phase will be crucial in deciding its political fortunes.

08:39 AM, May 21

Large number of women were seen queued up outside polling booths in Bihar as voting for five Lok Sabha seats began on Tuesday in the third phase of the seven-phased process in the state : IANS

08:38 AM, May 21

PM Modi says voter ID more powerful in a democracy compared to 'IED', explosive device used by terrorists.

08:36 AM, May 21

PM Narendra Modi urges first time voters to come out in full numbers to vote

08:34 AM, May 21

"I am fortunate to exercise my franchise from my home state Gujarat" : PM Narendra Modi addresses crowds and media outside polling station in Gujarat.

08:33 AM, May 21

In Maharashtra, voting for 14 Lok Sabha constituencies began amid tight security on Tuesday. Several political stalwarts, scions of political families and rebels are in the fray in Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Raigad, Pune, Baramati, Ahmednagar, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hathkanangale constituencies: IANS

08:28 AM, May 21

PM Modi casts his vote, walks out of the polling station and flashes his inked finger to crowds outside, accompanied by BJP Chief Amit Shah

08:24 AM, May 21

PM Narendra Modi casts his vote at polling booth in Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ranip, Ahmedabad; BJP President Amit Shah also present

08:22 AM, May 21

PM Modi does a mini campaign while walking towards a polling station in Gujarat, waving to crowds, holding a child, and showing a victory sign in potential violation of the model code of conduct.

08:20 AM, May 21

BJP chief Amit Shah accompanies Prime Minister Narendra Modi for voting

08:20 AM, May 21

In Karnataka, polling began on Tuesday in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies across western and northern Karnataka amid tight security. Voting began at 7 a.m. in 28,022 polling stations across the region, including 216 all-women and 39 ethnic booths for gender and tribal empowerment: IANS

08:19 AM, May 21

National Congress Party's Supriya Sule casts her vote at a polling station in Baramati, Maharashtra

08:18 AM, May 21

Queen Oja, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency, cast her vote here on Tuesday in Assam's third phase polls.

08:14 AM, May 21

Voting began at 7 a.m. for six Lok Sabha and 42 Assembly constituencies in Odisha. Voting will continue till 6 p.m with the exception of Maoists affected areas, where polling will end at 4 p.m. As many as 92,56,322 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise for the Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Sambalpur, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal, Koraput Lok Sabha seats and 42 Assembly constituencies under them.: IANS

08:12 AM, May 21

Polling underway at a polling station in Cuttack, Odisha

08:10 AM, May 21

Lok Sabha Election 2019 at a glance :

08:07 AM, May 21

In 2014, 3rd phase of elections, NDa had won 67 seats, UPA had won 24 seats and 26 seats had gone to other parties

08:06 AM, May 21

Beyond Goa’s beaches, lakhs of unemployed voters want the state's mines reopened

08:04 AM, May 21

Azam Khan (Samajwadi Party) and Jaya Prada (BJP) are contesting elections in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

07:58 AM, May 21

94-year-old Balesing Ghatubha has witnessed every election since independence

07:54 AM, May 21

Kerala's CM P. Vijayan queues up to casts his vote with some young voters

07:54 AM, May 21

Indian PM Modi greets people before meeting his mother at his residence in Gandhinagar. He will vote shortly.

07:52 AM, May 21

A big factor working in favour of the LDF is the elevated reputation of state Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. He won accolades for effectively managing a devastating flood in the state in 2018

07:49 AM, May 21

Out of the 115 Lok Sabha seats going to polls today, over 30 constituencies have substantial Muslim population while Christians have large population in the two seats in Goa and several Kerala constituencies: IANS

07:49 AM, May 21

The southern state of Kerala, that has seen one of the most violent election campaigns in the country, is also going for poll today.

07:48 AM, May 21

2 seats in Goa and 1 seat in Jammu and Kashmir going to polls today

07:47 AM, May 21

This time the BJP will be tested in its bastion Gujarat -- where polling will be held for all the 26 Lok Sabha seats -- apart from Karanataka, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, where the party had done well in 2014.

07:45 AM, May 21

Voter turnout may be tested in India’s most literate state that has seen one of the most violent election campaigns

07:39 AM, May 21

Amit shah has reached the polling booth in Ranip, Gandhinagar

07:38 AM, May 21

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Overview:

07:23 AM, May 21

Pilibhit in Western UP voting today. Maneka Gandhi won Pilibhit 6 times. Makena's son Varun Gandhi won the seat in 2009

07:21 AM, May 21

Polling begins in phase three of Bengal Lok Sabha polls. There are five West Bengal constituencies in phase three of the Lok Sabha polls. Balurghat, Malda North, Malda South, Jangipur and Murshidabad constituencies are up for grabs in this leg. The polling will end at 6 pm: IANS

07:18 AM, May 21

BJP National President Amit Shah to cast his vote today. He is contesting from the Gandhinagar seat against congress candidate CV Chavda

07:14 AM, May 21

Rahul Gandhi is up against Thushar Vellappally (NDA) in Wayanad

07:11 AM, May 21

All 26 seats in Gujrat are going to polls today

07:09 AM, May 21

A total of 1640 candidates are contesting in the 3rd phase of polling. A total of 2.1 lakh polling stations have been setup to facilitate voting

06:56 AM, May 21

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cast his vote in Ahmedabad today

06:55 AM, May 21

24 candidates have criminal charges against them : ADR

A report on the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh released by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Monday claimed that 24 of the 120 candidates in the fray on Tuesday have criminal cases against their names.

06:51 AM, May 21

1st big polls in Kerala after devastating floods

06:47 AM, May 21

Delhi is set for an interesting contest in Lok Sabha elections with the Congress and the BJP Monday declaring their candidates, who include a former Chief Minister and two famous sportspersons. The ruling Aam Aadmi Party has already declared its candidates.

06:42 AM, May 21

Data on the sitting MPs' participation in the Parliament shows that 23 out of the 76 candidates contesting elections in the third phase had lower than 75 per cent attendance.

06:39 AM, May 21

Here's an overview of Phase 3 of Lok Sabha Election:

06:37 AM, May 21

About 18.56 crore voters are eligible to vote today

06:34 AM, May 21

Voting in Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jammu and Kashmir and Odisha will end early.

06:32 AM, May 21

Out of the 115 Lok Sabha seats going to polls in the third phase of elections on April 23, over 30 constituencies spread across Assam, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal have substantial Muslim population while Christians have large population in the two seats of Goa and several Kerala constituencies.

06:29 AM, May 21

The Election Commission on Monday appointed former Deputy Election Commissioner Vinod Zutshi as Special Observer for Tripura East Lok Sabha seat, where polling was deferred from the second (April 18) to the third (April 23) stage in view of the unconducive law.

06:29 AM, May 21

Elections for East Tripura seat was postponed from April 18 to April 23

06:25 AM, May 21

Olympic bronze medal-winning boxer Vijender Singh will be contesting the election as a Congress candidate for the South Delhi Lok Sabha seat

06:23 AM, May 21

BJP chief Amit Shah making his debut from Gandhinagar in Gujarat and Congress president Rahul Gandhi contesting from Wayanad in Kerala.

06:20 AM, May 21

All constituencies in Gujarat, Kerala, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa and Daman and Diu will vote in a single phase.

06:16 AM, May 21

13 states and 2 union territories are voting on 116 seats : Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Tripura and Union Territories Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

05:38 AM, May 21

Sheila Dikshit to contest elections from North-East Delhi seat

05:37 AM, May 21

In Pics: Indian election through years

05:29 AM, May 21

For Assam, the voting time if 7 am to 5 pm while for Jammu and Kashmir, it is expected to be 7 am to 4 pm for all polling stations in the Anantnag district

05:28 AM, May 21

Voting time in Odisha would be 7 am to 4 pm for a few constituencies while it'll be 7 am to 6 pm for the other constituencies

05:27 AM, May 21

For Chattisgarh, the voting time is 7 am to 3 pm for Sarguja (2 polling stations), 7 am to 6 pm (for other polling stations in Sarguja) and 7 am to 5 pm in Sarguja (for assembly elections)

05:25 AM, May 21

The voting time for other states is 7 am to 6 pm

05:25 AM, May 21

The normal voting time for all the states except the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Odisha and Chattisgarh

05:24 AM, May 21

While the timings for voting are mostly consistent, there are a few states where the polling will end early

05:24 AM, May 21

Voting in 12 states and 2 UTs will begin shortly at 7 am

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Election 2019 phase 3 polling live updates: Voter ID is the weapon of democracy, says PM Narendra Modi