The polling for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections is underway today, Tuesday, May 7 for 93 constituencies across 12 States/UTs.

On this phase its a high-pitched campaign with stalwarts of the party are going in the polls.

BJP has already won Surat constituency in Gujarat, unopposed.

In the third phase, 2 seats of Goa, 25 seats of Gujarat, 7 seats of Chhattisgarh, and 14 seats in Karnataka will be up for the contest. With this, elections in these states will be over. Previously, 14 seats in Karnataka were contested during the second phase on April 26. Voting for two Lok Sabha seats in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is also scheduled for today. Besides these, voting will be held for 4 seats of Assam, 5 seats of Bihar, 7 seats of Chhattisgarh, 8 seats of Madhya Pradesh, 11 of Maharashtra, 10 of Uttar Pradesh, and 4 of West Bengal. The polling date for the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir has been rescheduled to May 25, phase 6.

Key candidates that are contesting in the third phase are- Amit Shah (BJP) from Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat; Digvijaya Singh (Congress) from Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh; Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP) from Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh; Dimple Yadav (Samajwadi Party) from Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh; Supriya Sule (Nationalist Congress Party- Sharad Pawar) from Baramati, Maharashtra; Purshottam Rupala (BJP) from Rajkot, Gujarat; Jyotiraditya Scindia (BJP) from Guna, Madhya Pradesh; Pralhad Joshi (BJP) from Dharwad, Karnataka, KS Eshwarappa (BJP) from Shimoga, Karnataka.