2024 Lok Sabha elections: Phase 3 voting on May 7. Here's what's open and what's closed

The voting for the highly anticipated battle will continue in the country as the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is slated for tomorrow in several states. A total of 93 Lok Sabha seats across 11 states and Union territories will go to polls in the third phase on May 7.

Initially, 94 seats were part of phase 3, however, the Election Commission of India deferred elections to Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir to May 25, citing logistical issues due to adverse weather conditions.

Two seats of Goa, 26 seats of Gujarat, 7 seats of Chhattisgarh, and 14 seats in Karnataka will be up for the battle. With this, elections in these states will be over. Fourteen seats of Karnataka had gone to the polls in the second phase on April 26. Voting for two Lok Sabha seats in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu will also be held on Tuesday.


Besides these, voting will be held for 4 seats of Assam, 5 seats of Bihar, 7 seats of Chhattisgarh, 8 seats of Madhya Pradesh, 11 of Maharashtra, 10 of Uttar Pradesh, and 4 of West Bengal. Among the key candidates whose fates will be sealed in this phase are Amit Shah (Gandhinagar), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Pralhad Joshi (Dharwad), Basavaraj Bommai (Haveri), and Badruddin Ajmal (Dhubri).

2024 Lok Sabha Phase 2 polls May 7: Here's what's closed
Banks will be closed in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Panaji, Raipur for the Lok Sabha polls, according to the RBI bank holiday list.

Schools and colleges will be closed for the polling day in the states for Phase 3.

Schools and colleges in these constituencies will be closed:

• Assam: Dhubri, Korajhar, Barpeta, and Gauhati
• Bihar: Jhanjharpur, Supaul, Araria, Madhepura, and Khagaria
• Chhattisgarh: Sarguja, Raigarh, Janjgir-Champa, Korba, Bilaspur, Durg, and Raipur
• Goa: North Goa and South Goa
• Gujarat: Kachchh, Banaskantha, Patan, Mahesana, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Anand, Kheda, Panchmahal, Dahod, Vadodara, Chhota Udaipur, Bharuch, Bardoli, Surat, Navsari, and Valsad
• Karnataka: Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere, and Shimoga
• Madhya Pradesh: Bhind, Bhopal, Guna, Gwalior, Morena, Rajgarh, Sagar, and Vidisha
• Maharashtra: Baramati, Raigad, Osmanabad, Latur (SC), Solapur (SC), Madha, Sangli, Satara, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, and Hatkanangle
• Uttar Pradesh: Sambhal, Hathras, Agra (SC), Fatehpur Sikri, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etah, Budaun, Aonla, and Bareilly
• West Bengal: Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur, and Murshidabad

Union Territories where schools, colleges will be closed:
Schools and colleges will be closed in Dadra and Nagar Haveli/Daman and Diu's Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu constituencies.

Will you get alcohol on polling day?
Liquor shops will also remain shut on the voting day. In fact, a dry day has been declared in the polling constituencies 48 hours before the voting itself.

2024 Lok Sabha Phase 2 polls May 7: Here's what's open
Stock markets will remain open on April 26. The NSE had earlier said that it will be closed on May 20 when voting will be held in Mumbai.