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PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (7 May) cast his vote at at school in Ahmedabad, Gujarat during the third phase of Lok Sabha polls.
PM Modi voted at Nishan Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad, which has been designated a polling booth.
The Prime Minister reached the polling station a little after 7.30 am.
Union Minister Amit Shah welcomed him and the two leaders walked to the booth.
A huge crowd that had gathered to catch a glimpse of PM Modi cheered from the roadside and raised slogans for him.
Voting is underway in 93 constituencies across 10 states and 2 Union Territories today in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
The states and UTs where polling is being held are Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Assam, West Bengal, Goa, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, and the UTs of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), over 1,300 candidates from are in the fray in this phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Over 17.24 crore voters, including 8.85 crore males and 8.39 crore females, will be eligible to vote across 1.85 lakh polling stations in the third phase of the elections.