Campaigning for the third and final phase of polling for the remaining ten out of the total 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh ended today after reaching its crescendo.
The ten Lok Sabha seats where polling will be held under third and final phase on April 24 are Vidisha, Dewas, Ujjain, Mandsaur, Ratlam, Dhar, Indore, Khargone, Khandwa and Betul, election office sources said.
A total of 16,95,3,358 voters will exercise their right to franchise on April 24 to choose from a total of 118 candidates in the fray. Prominent among them are Sushma Swaraj from Vidisha and Sumitra Mahajan from Indore.
Other prominent candidates contesting are Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh's younger brother, Laxman Singh from Vidisha, where he is pitted against BJP's Sushma Swaraj, State Congress President Arun Yadav from Khandwa, former Union Minister, Kantilal Bhuria (Congress) from Ratlam, as well as Congress national secretary Sajjan Singh Verma from Dewas.
Senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan (BJP) from Indore, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's close aide Meenakshi Natarajan from Mandsaur and Ajay Shah (Congress) from Betul are also in the fray.
The Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements to conduct free and fair polls.
Polling for the first phase was held on April 10 for nine seats, while under the second phase, polling was held on April 17 for 10 seats.
Rest of the ten seats will go to the polls on April 24, sources said.
