117 constituencies vote in phase 3 of Lok Sabha election: Know the parties which currently hold the seats

In the 117 seats that are going to polls in the third phase of Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party currently holds 61 seats while Congress is in power in 17.

NEW DELHI: Voting will be held in 117 parliamentary constituencies across 15 states and Union Territories in the third of the seven-phase election on April 23.

Polling will be held in all seats in Gujarat (26), Kerala (20), Goa (2), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1) and Daman and Diu (1) on Tuesday. Besides, voters will also exercise their franchise in four seats in Assam, five in Bihar, seven in Chhattisgarh, one in Jammu and Kashmir, 14 in Karnataka, 14 in Maharashtra, six in Odisha, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, and five in West Bengal. Voting will also be held in Tripura East where polling was earlier scheduled to be held in the second phase on April 18 but was postponed over law and order concerns. 

Among the key candidates in the fray in the third phase are BJP chief Amit Shah from Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Congress president Rahul Gandhi from Kerala's Wayanad, Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav from UP's Mainpuri.

In the seats that are going to polls, much is at stake for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The saffron party holds power in 61 of these 117 seats. BJP holds all 26 seats in Gujarat where polling is being held in the third phase. The Congress will also be looking to improve its tally - it currently holds 17 of these 117 seats. 

Here is the full list of parties which currently hold the seats and the names of the sitting MPs:

SERIAL NUMBER	STATE	LOK SABHA SEAT	PARTY	SITTING MP
THIRD PHASE – 115 CONSTITUENCIES
1	Assam	BARPETA	AIUDF	Sirajuddin Ajmal
2	Assam	DHUBRI	AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal
3	Assam	GAUHATI	BJP	Bijoya Chakravarty
4	Assam	KOKRAJHAR	Independent	Naba Kumar Sarania (Hira)
5	Bihar	ARARIA	RJD	Sarfaraz Alam
6	Bihar	JHANJHARPUR	BJP	Birendra Kumar Chaudhary
7	Bihar	KHAGARIA	LJP	Mehboob Ali Kaiser
8	Bihar	MADHEPURA	RJD	Pappu Yadav (Rajesh Ranjan)
9	Bihar	SUPAUL	Congress	Ranjeet Ranjan
10	Chhattisgarh	BILASPUR	BJP	Lakhan Lal Sahu
11	Chhattisgarh	DURG	Congress	Tamradhwaj Sahu
12	Chhattisgarh	JANJGIR	BJP	Kamla Patle
13	Chhattisgarh	KORBA	BJP	Dr. Banshilal Mahto
14	Chhattisgarh	RAIGARH	BJP	Vishnu Deo Sai
15	Chhattisgarh	RAIPUR	BJP	Ramesh Bais
16	Chhattisgarh	SURGUJA	BJP	Kamalbhan Singh Marabi
17	Gujarat	AHMEDABAD EAST	BJP	Paresh Rawal
18	Gujarat	AHMEDABAD WEST	BJP	Kirit Premjibhai Solanki
19	Gujarat	AMRELI	BJP	Naranbhai Kachhadia
20	Gujarat	ANAND	BJP	Dilip Patel
21	Gujarat	BANASKANTHA	BJP	Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
22	Gujarat	BARDOLI	BJP	Parbhubhai Vasava
23	Gujarat	BHARUCH	BJP	Mansukhbhai Vasava
24	Gujarat	BHAVNAGAR	BJP	Dr. Bharatiben Shiyal
25	Gujarat	CHHOTA UDAIPUR	BJP	Ramsinh Rathwa Pataliyabhai
26	Gujarat	DAHOD	BJP	Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor
27	Gujarat	GANDHINAGAR	BJP	Lal Krishna Advani
28	Gujarat	JAMNAGAR	BJP	Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam
29	Gujarat	JUNAGADH	BJP	Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama
30	Gujarat	KACHCHH	BJP	Vinod Chavda
31	Gujarat	KHEDA	BJP	Devusih Jesingbhai Chauhan
32	Gujarat	MEHSANA	BJP	Jayshreeben Kanubhai Patel
33	Gujarat	NAVSARI	BJP	C. R. Paatil
34	Gujarat	PANCHMAHAL	BJP	Prabhatsinh Pratapsinh Chauhan
35	Gujarat	PATAN	BJP	Liladhar Khodaji Vaghela
36	Gujarat	PORBANDAR	BJP	Vitthalbhai Hansrajbhai Radadiya
37	Gujarat	RAJKOT	BJP	Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya
38	Gujarat	SABARKANTHA	BJP	Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod
39	Gujarat	SURAT	BJP	Darshana Vikram Jardosh
40	Gujarat	SURENDRANAGAR	BJP	Devajibhai Govindbhai Fatepara
41	Gujarat	VADODARA	BJP	Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt
42	Gujarat	VALSAD	BJP	Dr. K. C. Patel
43	Goa	NORTH GOA	BJP	Shripad Yesso Naik
44	Goa	SOUTH GOA	BJP	Narendra Sawaikar
45	Jammu and Kashmir	ANANTNAG** (Vacant)	PDP	Mehbooba Mufti
46	Karnataka	BAGALKOT	BJP	Gaddigoudar Parvatagouda Chandanagouda
47	Karnataka	BELGAUM	BJP	Suresh Angadi
48	Karnataka	BELLARY	Congress	V. S. Ugrappa
49	Karnataka	BIDAR	BJP	Bhagwant Khuba
50	Karnataka	BIJAPUR	BJP	Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
51	Karnataka	CHIKKODI	Congress	Prakash Babanna Hukkeri
52	Karnataka	DAVANAGERE	BJP	G. M. Siddeshwara
53	Karnataka	DHARWAD	BJP	Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
54	Karnataka	HAVERI	BJP	Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi
55	Karnataka	GULBARGA	Congress	Mallikarjun Kharge
56	Karnataka	KOPPAL	BJP	Karadi Sanganna Amarappa
57	Karnataka	RAICHUR	Congress	B V Nayak
58	Karnataka	SHIMOGA *	BJP	B. Y. Raghavendra
59	Karnataka	UTTARA KANNADA	BJP	Anantkumar Hegde
60	Kerala	ALAPPUZHA	Congress	K.C Venugopal
61	Kerala	ALATHUR	CPI(M)	P K Biju
62	Kerala	ATTINGAL	CPI(M)	A Sampath
63	Kerala	CHALAKUDY	Independent	Innocent
64	Kerala	ERNAKULAM	Congress	K V Thomas
65	Kerala	IDUKKI	Independent	Adv. Joice George
66	Kerala	KANNUR	CPI(M)	P K Sreemathy
67	Kerala	KASARAGOD	CPI(M)	P Karunakaran
68	Kerala	KOLLAM	RSP	N K Premachandran
69	Kerala	KOTTAYAM**  (Vacant)	KEC(M)	Jose K Mani
70	Kerala	KOZHIKODE	Congress	M K Raghavan
71	Kerala	MALAPPURAM *	IUML	PK Kunhalikutty
72	Kerala	MAVELIKKARA	Congress	Kodikkunnil Suresh
73	Kerala	PALAKKAD	CPI(M)	M B Rajesh
74	Kerala	PATHANAMTHITTA	Congress	Anto Antony
75	Kerala	PONNANI	IUML	E T Mohammed Basheer
76	Kerala	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	Congress	Shashi Tharoor
77	Kerala	THRISSUR	CPI	C. N. Jayadevan
78	Kerala	VADAKARA	Congress	Mullappally Ramachandran
79	Kerala	WAYANAD**  (Vacant)	Congress	M. I. Shanavas (died in November 2018)
80	Maharashtra	AHMEDNAGAR	BJP	Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi
81	Maharashtra	AURANGABAD	Shiv Sena	Chandrakant Khaire
82	Maharashtra	BARAMATI	NCP	Supriya Sadanand Sule
83	Maharashtra	HATKANANGLE	SWP	Raju Shetti alias Devappa Anna Shetti
84	Maharashtra	JALGAON	BJP	A T Nana Patil
85	Maharashtra	JALNA	BJP	Raosaheb Danve
86	Maharashtra	KOLHAPUR	NCP	Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik
87	Maharashtra	MADHA	NCP	Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil
88	Maharashtra	PUNE	BJP	Anil Shirole
89	Maharashtra	RAIGAD	Shiv Sena	Anant Gangaram Geete
90	Maharashtra	RATNAGIRI–SINDHUDURG	Shiv Sena	Vinayak Raut
91	Maharashtra	RAVER	BJP	Raksha Khadase
92	Maharashtra	SANGLI	BJP	Sanjay Ramchandra Patil
93	Maharashtra	SATARA	NCP	Udayanraje Pratapsinh Bhosale
94	Odisha	BHUBANESWAR	BJD	Prasanna Kumar Patasani
95	Odisha	CUTTACK	BJD	Bhartuhari Mahatab
96	Odisha	DHENKANAL	BJD	Tathagata Satapathy
97	Odisha	KEONJHAR	BJD	Sakuntala Laguri
98	Odisha	PURI	BJD	Pinaki Mishra
99	Odisha	SAMBALPUR	BJD	Nagendra Kumar Pradhan
100	Uttar Pradesh	AONLA	BJP	Dharmendra Kumar
101	Uttar Pradesh	BADAUN	SP	Dharmendra Yadav
102	Uttar Pradesh	BAREILLY	BJP	Santosh Gangwar
103	Uttar Pradesh	ETAH	BJP	Rajveer Singh (Raju Bhaiya)
104	Uttar Pradesh	FIROZABAD	SP	Akshay Yadav
105	Uttar Pradesh	MAINPURI*	SP	Tej Pratap Singh Yadav
106	Uttar Pradesh	MORADABAD	BJP	Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh
107	Uttar Pradesh	PILIBHIT	BJP	Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
108	Uttar Pradesh	RAMPUR	BJP	Dr. Nepal Singh
109	Uttar Pradesh	SAMBHAL	BJP	Satyapal Singh Saini
110	West Bengal	BALURGHAT	Trinamool Congress	Arpita Ghosh
111	West Bengal	JANGIPUR	Congress	Abhijit Mukherjee
112	West Bengal	MALDAHA DAKSHIN	Congress	Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury
113	West Bengal	MALDAHA UTTAR	Congress	Mausam Noor
114	West Bengal	MURSHIDABAD	CPI(M)	Badaruddoza Khan
115	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI	BJP	Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel
116	Daman & Diu	DAMAN AND DIU	BJP	Lalubhai Patel
117	Tripura ***	TRIPURA EAST (ST)	CPI(M)	Jitendra Chaudhury

*Bypolls were held on these seats; ** seats that are vacant; *** Was earlier scheduled to go to polls in the second phase

Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal had won 6 of these seats in the last election while Communist Party of India had won 7 of these seats. Of the five Lok Sabha seats going to polls in Bihar, Rashtriya Lok Dal is in power in two seats. 

The Lok Sabha polls are being conducted in seven phases between April 11 and May 19. The election results will be declared on May 23.