Third phase of Indian Lok Sabha polls today

Campaigning for the third phase of Indian Lok Sabha ended Sunday with top leaders making a last-gasp effort to sway voters in favour of their respective parties, report agencies.

Polling will be held today (Tuesday) in the 115 seats, spread across 14 states and union territories.

Indian Election Commission said nearly 70 per cent voter turnout was recorded in each of the two phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

All seats in Gujarat (26), Kerala (20), Goa (2), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1) and Daman and Diu (1) go to polls in the third of the seven-phase election.

Besides, polling will be held in four seats in Assam, five in Bihar, seven in Chhattisgarh, one in Jammu and Kashmir, 14 in Karnataka, 14 in Maharashtra, six in Odisha, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, and five in West Bengal.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah, Congress president Rahul Gandhi and a host of Union ministers among others canvassed for their party candidates in the past few days, undertaking whirlwind tours of constituencies.