Bhopal: Campaigning for the third phase of polls in the state will come to an end at 6 pm on Sunday. Elections for the third phase of poll in the state is scheduled on May 7, Tuesday.
Nine constituencies across MP namely Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Bhopal, Vidisha, Rajgarh and Betul will go to polls in the third phase on May 7 between 7 am and 6 pm.
Chief electoral officer, Madhya Pradesh, Anupam Rajan said that as per the norms, 48 hours before the designated time for end of polls in parliamentary constituencies campaigning for the elections is stopped. After the campaigning ends, people who are not the voters of the constituency are not allowed to stay there, an intense drive will be carried out to ensure this, Rajan said.
During the third phase of polls, these nine parliamentary constituencies have a total of 1.77 crore voters. This time a total of 127 candidates are in the fray from these seats.
Elections on several prominent seats, like state capital Bhopal, Vidisha where former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan is in fray, Rajgarh where former CM Digvijay Singh is in fray, Guna where Jyotiraditya Scindia is in fray will be held in this phase. Entire Chambal region which has a history of poll related violence in the state will also go to polls in this phase of election.
Meanwhile, Indore election office’s 111 teams on Saturday started the process of collecting votes of people aged above 85 years and persons with disabilities (PWD).
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