Phase 3: All you want to know about 116 seats

In the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 23, 116 seats spread across 13 states and two Union Territories, will go to the polls.

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116 Lok Sabha seats go to the polls in the third phase of the general election on April 23.

This phase will cover the highest number of seats in all seven phases spanned across 13 states and 2 Union Territories.

The election to the Tripura East constituency was deferred from the second phase to the third phase.

In the first phase, Bihar saw the lowest turnout with 50% while West Bengal topped with 81% polling, and in the second phase 68% voting was recorded.

North East

The fate of all 25 seats from the North East will be sealed when the last 5 seats from the region go to polls in the third phase.

Four seats from Assam and the one seat of Tripura East will vote in the third phase.

Gujarat

All 26 Lok Sabha seats -- all of which the Bharatiya Janata Party won in 2016 -- in the state go to the polls in the third phase.

The Congress had given the ruling BJP a tough fight, winning 81 seats in the 182 member Gujarat assembly in the December 2017 state election.

Karnataka

The remaining 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka will be polling in the third phase.

In 2014, the BJP had scored big, winning 11 of the 14 seats going to polls, while the remaining 3 were bagged by Congress candidates.

This time, the Congress and the H D Deve Gowda-led Janata Dal-Secular have formed an alliance to take on the BJP in the state.

The Congress will contest 11 seats while the JD-S will be taking on the BJP in 3 seats.

Among the candidates contesting in the third phase is veteran Mallikarjun Kharge of the Congress who will take on the BJP's Umesh G Jadhav in Gulbarga.

Kharge is the sitting MP, having won the seat in the 2009 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Kerala

All 20 seats in the state go to the polls on April 23.

In 2014, the Congress-led United Democratic Front win 12 seats in Kerala while the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led United Democratic Front won the other 8.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi has filed his nomination from Wayanad.

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Uttar Pradesh

In 2014, the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party won just 5 seats in Uttar Pradesh.

The party won the Firozabad, Mainpuri, Badaun, Kannauj and Azamgarh Lok Sabha constituencies.

In the third phase, Firozabad, Mainpuri and Badaun along with seven other seats in UP will go to the polls.

From Mainpuri, the party has fielded SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav who fought and won the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Azamgarh.