Campaigning for the 7 Lok Sabha seats of the North East and Assembly seats of Arunchal Pradesh ended last evening. The polling will be held tomorrow.
In Arunachal Pradesh, the stage is set for simultaneous voting for the two Lok Sabha seats and 49 seats of the 60-member State Assembly. Candidates of 11 assembly seats have already been elected unopposed.
Campaigning for the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha Constituency also ended last evening with political parties and candidates trying to woo the voters till the last minute. More than nine lakh voters are expected to exercise their franchise tomorrow.
Peaceful polling was reported in the 5 Lok Sabha seats of Assam and one of Tripura, which went to the polls in the first phase yesterday. In Assam, about 75 per cent voting was reported, with Kaliabor constituency recording the highest of 80 per cent.
AIR correspondent reports, barring a few stray incidents, polling passed off peacefully in the five constituencies.
In Tripura, about 85 per cent of the people cast their votes in the West Tripura Constituency yesterday.
Campaigning for 91 Lok Sabha seats spread over 11 states and 3 Union Territories and 70 assembly seats of Odisha ends this evening. Voting in this third phase will be held on Thursday.
In Bihar, Sasaram, Karakat, Nawada, Gaya, Jamui and Aurangabad seats will go to the polls on Thursday. A total of 80 candidates including 10 women are in fray. All these 6 seats are in naxal affected areas. Over 94 Lakhs voters are eligible to exercise their franchise.
In Uttar Pradesh, campaigning for the Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat, bordering Delhi, is at its peak. More from our correspondent:
In Chhattisgarh, campaigning for elections in Maoist affected Bastar parliamentary constituency will come to an end this evening. Our correspondent reports, amid Maoist call for boycott of polls, election officials have geared up to ensure smooth polling.
AIR correspondent reports that campaigning for nine Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh will end this evening.
Tomorrow is also the last date for withdrawal of candidature for the 6th phase of polling in 11 states and one Union territory.
