Polling for the third phase of the Lok Sabha election will be held on Tuesday May 7, 2024.
95 seats of the remaining 353 seats will go to the polls in the third phase across 12 states.
Phase III: Candidates' Financial Background
Accoding to data collected by the Association for Democratic Reforms, of the 1,352 candidates in the fray, 392 are crorepatis.
Of these crorepatis, 77 are Bharatiya Janata Party candidates, followed by 60 on the Congress ticket.
Phase III: Candidates with Criminal Records
When it comes to criminal candidates, 244 candidates have declared criminal cases against them in the third round of elections.
172 candidates have declared serious criminal cases registered against them.
The maximum number of criminal candidates in the third phase belong to the Congress (26) followed by the BJP (22).
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
