Campaigning ends for 11 LS seats in state; polls on May 7

Campaigning ended on Sunday for elections in 11 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra including the highstakes battle in BaramatiThe seats where polling in the third phase of the general elections will take place on May 7 are Baramati Raigad Osmanabad Latur Solapur Madha Sangli Satara RatnagiriSindhudurg Kolhapur and HatkanangaleAltogether 209 crore people are eligible to vote for 258 candidates in the third phase for which 23036 polling centres have been set up an election official saidThere are 10764741 male voters 10226946 female voters and 929 from the third gender in the third phase he saidIn the fourth phase on May 13 a total of 228 crore voters will decide the fate of 298 candidates in 11 seats namely Nandurbar Jalgaon Raver Jalna Aurangabad Maval Pune Shirur Ahmednagar Shirdi and Beed Lok Sabha constituenciesProminent candidates in the fourth phase include minister of state for railways Raosaheb Danve in Jalna and BJPrsquos Pankaja Munde in BeedThe 13 Lok Sabha seats where polling will be held in the fifth and last phase in the state are Dhule Dindori Nashik in North Maharashtra and Palghar Bhiwandi Kalyan Thane Mumbai North Mumbai North West Mumbai North East Mumbai North Central Mumbai South Central and Mumbai SouthProminent candidates in the fifth phase include Union minister Piyush Goyal lawyer Ujjwal Nikam both of the BJP and Mumbai Congress president Varsha GaikwadPolling was held on April 19 in the first phase of the general elections in Ramtek SC Nagpur BhandaraGondiya GadchiroliChimur ST and Chandrapur seatsOn April 26 polling was held in the second phase of elections in Buldhana Akola Amravati Wardha YavatmalWashim Hingoli Nanded and Parbhani Lok Sabha constituenciesThe seats where polling in the third phase of the general elections will take place on May 7 are Baramati Raigad Osmanabad Latur Solapur Madha Sangli Satara RatnagiriSindhudurg Kolhapur and HatkanangaleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever