Lok Sabha elections 2024: Amit Shah, Jyotiraditya Scindia, two former CMs among key candidates in phase-3

As galore arsenic 1,351 candidates are successful the fray from 12 states and the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Civil Aviation curate Jyotiraditya Scindia, erstwhile Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Supriya Sule, erstwhile Karnataka main curate Basavaraj Bommai are among the cardinal candidates successful the phase-3.

Maharashtra

Voting volition beryllium held for 11 seats: Raigad, Baramati, Osmanabad, Latur, Solapur, Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri–Sindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hatkanangle

The astir keenly watched seats volition beryllium Baramati wherever NCP (SP) campaigner and incumbent MP Supriya Sule is pitted against sister-in-law and NCP (Ajit Pawar) campaigner Sunetra Pawar, the woman of authorities lawman CM Ajit Pawar. 

In Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, national curate and erstwhile Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane is contesting against Shiv Sena (UBT)'s Vinayak Raut. 

Gujarat

Voting volition instrumentality spot successful 25 of 26 seats successful Gujarat. Mukesh Dalal, the BJP campaigner from Surat, was elected unopposed aft the information of Congress' Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected.

Voting volition instrumentality spot successful Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Bharuch, Bardoli, Navsari, Valsad, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, and Chhota Udaipur constituencies. 

In Gandhinagar, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is contesting against Congress campaigner Sonal Patel portion Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya is pitted against Congress campaigner Lalitbhai Vasoya from Porbandar. In Rajkot, BJP's Purshottam Rupala is contesting against Congress' Paresh Dhanani. In Navsari seat, Gujarat BJP main CR Paatil is pitted against Naishadh Desai of the Congress. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is portion of India Alliance, has fielded candidates successful 2 seats—Bhavnagar and Bharuch.

Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh, voters successful 9 retired of 29 seats, including –  Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal and Rajgarh volition formed their votes isolated from Betul seat, wherever voting was to instrumentality spot successful the 2nd phase. It was postponed to the 3rd signifier pursuing the decease of the BSP candidate.

Among the cardinal seats, Union Civil Aviation Minister and BJP's Guna campaigner Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting against Rao Yadvendra Singh of the Congress. Congress person Digvijaya Singh is contesting against BJP's Rodmal Nagar from Rajgarh. Former main curate Shivraj Singh Chouhan, popularly known arsenic 'Mamaji' is contesting from Vidisha against Bhanu Pratap Sharma of the Congress.

Goa

Polling volition beryllium held successful some the seats successful Goa--North Goa and South Goa--on May 7.  BJP campaigner Shripad Naik is contesting against Congress nominee Ramakant Khalap successful the North Goa seat. In South Goa, the contention is betwixt Pallavi Dempo of the BJP and Viriato Fernandes of the Congress. Dempo is the richest campaigner with a declared wealthiness of ₹1,361 crore.

Karnataka

Polling volition  be held successful 14 of the 28 seats successful the authorities successful the 3rd signifier successful Karnataka. Voting volition beryllium held successful Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere and Shimoga seats. Polling was held for 14 seats successful phase-2 connected April 26.

The Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency is witnessing a triangular fight. The BJP has fielded sitting MP BY Raghvendra, lad of erstwhile CM BS Yediyurappa and member of enactment authorities enactment main BY Vijayendra. Congress has fielded Geetha Shivarajkumar, the girl of erstwhile CM precocious S Bangarappa.  Rebel BJP person KS Eshwarappa, who has been expelled signifier the party, is contesting arsenic an autarkic successful the seat.

The predetermination volition besides determine destiny of erstwhile Karnataka main curate Basavaraj Bommai, who is contesting from Haveri constituency. 

Uttar Pradesh

Polling volition beryllium held successful Sambhal, Hathras (SC), Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla and Bareilly  seats connected May 7.

In Mainpuri, Samajwadi Party MP Dimple Yadav is seeking re-election. In the December 2022 by poll, she had won from the spot defeating Raghuraj Singh Shakya of the BJP.

Polling volition beryllium held successful the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2 seats) besides successful the 3rd signifier isolated from 7 constituencies successful Chhattisgarh, 5 successful Bihar, and 4 each successful Assam and West Bengal.

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Published: 06 May 2024, 10:18 AM IST