Phase 3 to Witness High-Profile Battles in 116 Constituencies Across 14 States and Union Territories

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Phase 3 to Witness High-Profile Battles in 116 Constituencies Across 14 States and Union Territories

Key Points

The third phase of the 2024 general elections will be held on April 23, 2024. This phase will see voting in 116 constituencies across 14 states and union territories.

Last date for candidates to submit nominations: April 19 (Friday)

April 22 (Monday)

Assam: 4 out of 14 LS constituencies

5 out of 40 seats

7 out of 11 constituencies

2 out of 2 seats

All 26 seats

14 out of 28 seats

9 out of 29 seats

4 out of 48 seats

5 out of 21 seats

5 out of 25 seats

16 out of 80 seats

4 out of 42 seats

2 out of 2 constituencies

Amit Shah (Gandhinagar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeks re-election from Gandhinagar, a constituency previously represented by BJP stalwarts such as LK Advani.

Former Congress leader and BJP stalwart Jyotiraditya Scindia contests from Guna, Madhya Pradesh.

NCP leader Supriya Sule, seeking re-election from Baramati, faces her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar.

Congress’ Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, contests from Baharampur, West Bengal.

Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav contests from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi contests from Dharwad, Karnataka.

Industrialist Pallavi Shrinivas Dempo, the BJP candidate from South Goa, is the wealthiest contestant in Phase 3.

AIUDF President Badruddin Ajmal, one of the wealthiest candidates in Assam, contests from Dhubri.

All Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will go to elections in a single phase in the third stage. In 2019, the BJP had secured all 26 seats.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the UT of Daman and Diu were clubbed into a single UT in 2019. The new parliamentary constituencies in the UT are Daman & Diu (general seat) and Dadra & Nagar Haveli constituency (ST).

Prior to the merger, the Daman and Diu lone Lok Sabha seat was held by the BJP and the two seats in Dadra & Nagar Haveli were represented by the Shiv Sena and an independent candidate.