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General Elections 2024: Phase-3 polling for 93 LS seats in 12 States/UTs underway; Vote count on June 4

LS Polls; Voting for phase-3 underway (File Image)

New Delhi: The voting, under third of the seven phases, for 93 Lok Sabha seats in 10 States and 2 Union Territories (UTs) began this morning at a rather slow pace, reports Dynamite News correspondent.

The 93 Lok Sabha seats are spread over in 10 States and 2 Union Territories including Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Goa (2), Gujarat (25), Karnataka (14), Madhya Pradesh (8) , Maharashtra (11), Uttar Pradesh (10), West Bengal (4) and Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir (1) and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (2). 

 This General Election 2024 is slated to take place in 7 phases and is spread over 40 days with the last phase on June 1. The phase-1 and phase-2 election for 191 seats have already taken place on April 19 and 26 respectively. 

Here is a brief of all the 7 phases: 
Phase 1: April 19 (Already done)
  102 LS seats 
  2 Assemblies: Arunachal Pradesh (60 seats), Sikkim (32 seats)

Phase 2: April 26 (Already done)

 88 LS seats

Phase 3: May 7
93 LS seats
Phase 4: May 13

96 LS seats     
2 Assemblies: Andhra Pradesh (175 seats), 
Odisha (147 seats - in 4 phases) 

(Note: Odisha Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in 4:phases from May 13 to June 1).
Phase 5: May 20
    49 LS seats
1 Assembly: Odisha (147 seats - in 4 phases)
Phase 6: May 25 
57 seats 
1 Assembly: Odisha (147 seats - in 4 phases)

Phase 7: June 1
 57 LS seats
1 Assembly: Odisha (147 seats - in 4 phases)

Voting Pattern: 
During this General Elections 2024, India will vote in 3 ways
1. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs): There are this time over 55 lakh EVMs. Most of the voters will vote through EVMs.
2. Postal Ballot: Over 19 lakh service personnel and those who are on poll duty will vote through Postal Ballot.
3. From Home: This is introduced for the first time in Lok Sabha polls for those who are 85 years and above. 
The counting of votes for all the 7 phases will take place on June 4. 

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