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LS: India witnesses impressive turnout in third phase
New Delhi, Apr 10 (IBNS): India in its third phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections across 11 states and three Union territories witnessed good turnout of voters with the state of Kerala registering 73.2 percent balloting on Thursday.
In this phase, polling was held across 91 Lok Sabha constituencies in Delhi, Kerala, Odisha, western Uttar Pradesh, including riot-hit Muzaffarnagar, Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, Vindhya region of Madhya Pradesh, plains of Jammu, Maoist-hit Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Haryana, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
According to latest reports, the national capital recorded 60.1 percent voter turnout till 5 pm.
Balloting was also high in the riot-hit Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, with the area registering about 69.2 percent electorates turnout.
In Odisha, about 67 percent of the electorates exercised their franchise till 5:50 pm.
In the state of Bihar, a total of 50.36 percent voters have cast ballots till 4 pm.
Both Haryana and Chandigarh registered about 60 percent of voter turnout till 4 pm.
The northern state of Jammu recorded 53 percent turnout till 3 PM on Thursday.
About 60 percent of electorates from four Lok Sabha constituencies in Maoists hit Jharkhand have cast their votes till last reports received.
Meanwhile, in Bihar, voting was stopped earlier in day in Jamui parliamentary constituency after at least two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were killed and three others were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) triggered by Maoists.
Thursday's elections have decided the fate of top leaders like union ministers Kamal Nath, Kapil Sibal, Ajit Singh, former BJP president Nitin Gadkari, retired Army chief General VK Singh, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidates Yogendra Yadav, Ashutosh and Shazia Ilmi.
Counting will be held on May 16.
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