Kochi: Catholic nuns waiting in queues to cast their votes at a polling station in Kochi on Thursday during voting for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. PTI Photo (PTI4_10_2014_000018B)
Faridabad: Muslim women show their ink-marked fingers after casting votes for Lok Sabha elections in Faridabad on Thursday. PTI Photo (PTI4_10_2014_000135B)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-KERALA- 10/04/2014::. Defence Minister A.K.Antony his wife Elzabeth and his son Anil Antony after casting their vote at a polling booth in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.......Photo:C.Ratheesh kumar .
Union Health Minister and Congress candidate from Udhampur Ghulam Nabi Azad casting his vote for Lok Sabha elections at a Pooling booth in Jammu on Thursday 10, April 2014. PHOTO/NISSAR AHMAD.
New Delhi : CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat casting his vote for the Lok Sabha elections at a polling station in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Subhav Shukla(PTI4_10_2014_000056B)
NEW DELHI, 10/04/2014: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal arriving to cast his vote for the New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency at College of Arts, in New Delhi on Thursday. Photo: V. Sudershan
Nagpur: RSS Cheif Mohan Bhagwat before casting his vote during Lok Sabha election at a polling station at Nagpur on Thursday.PTI photo(PTI4_10_2014_000138A)
NEW DELHI 10/04/2014: An old age muslim voter after casting her vote during Lok Sabha election,in New Delhi on Thursday April 10,2014. Photo:Sandeep Saxena
New Delhi: April:10/04/2014: 87 years old Urmila Rani seen showing indelible ink mark after casting her vote during Lok Sabha Election, at Chandni Chowk area , New Delhi on Thursday.Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma
ChandigarhL: BJP candidate from Chandigarh Kirron Kher with her father 101yrs old Retd. Col. Thakar Singh to cast their vote at a polling station for Lok sabha election 2014 in Chandigarh on Thursday. PTI Photo(PTI4_10_2014_000062A)
Ranchi: A handicapped voter is being helped by a secutity woman after she cast her vote at a polling station in Ranchi on Thursday during voting for the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections. PTI Photo (PTI4_10_2014_000024A)
A boy holding his mother's paper cries as indigenous women of the Kandha tribe wait to cast their votes outside a polling station during Indian parliamentary elections at Dingesiguda village in Kandhamal district, Orissa state, India, Thursday, April 10, 2014. Millions of people are voting in the third phase of the elections Thursday, covering parts of 11 of India's 28 states. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of parliament announced May 16. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
New Delhi: Priyanka Vadra interacts with an elderly woman befor casting her vote for Lok Sabha election in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh(PTI4_10_2014_000167A)
Lohardagga,Jharkhand 10th April 2014:: A 85 years old woman Sumri Oraon with the help of her familymember eagerly going to give her vote during Lohardagga Lok Sabha Election at village Kharki in Loharagga on Thursday.photo-Manob Chowdhury
New Delhi: An elderly person after casting his vote in Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi on Thursday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh(PTI4_10_2014_000165A)
New Delhi: April:10/04/2014: A Physically Challenged voter seen casting her vote during Lok Sabha Election, at Chandni Chowk area , New Delhi on Thursday.Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma
Mandla_Baiga tribes people cast their votes in a poling booth at village Amwar in Mandla disstrict of Madhya Pradesh on thursday. photo by A_M_Faruqui (10_04_2014)
Bangalore Karnataka Election 10/04/2014 : Message enthusing voters to exercise their franchaise without fail on April 17 printed on Nandini milk packets. Print on the milk sachet say " Your Vote is precious Vote on April 17th without fail". Photo: Chitra RamaniPhoto: Email Handout
Voters in 91 parliamentary constituencies in 11 States and three Union Territories cast their votes on April 10, the third day of the nine-day election in India. Polls have closed in Kerala, which has 20 constituencies, Haryana (10) and the National capital of Delhi (7). In addition, 10 constituencies each in Uttar Pradesh (which has a total of 80 seats), Maharashtra (48), and Odisha (21), nine in Madhya Pradesh (29), and six in Bihar (40) also went to polls. A total of 1,419 candidates are contesting from these 91 seats. With today’s election, the process has been completed in 103 constituencies. India has a total of 543 Lok Sabha constituencies. Elections to all constituencies end on May 12. Text: <b>Saptarshi Bhattacharya</b>
