Voting is being held in 59 of the total 60 seats .
The final phase saw voting in all 13 seats of Punjab and an equal number of seats in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat Chandigarh.
While some criticise the government, others, despite the inconvenience, hail demonetisation as revolutionary.
Barring Maharashtra, the poll percentage in rest of the states was in excess of 60 per cent while in Puducherry it was 80.47 per cent.
Around 30,000 personnel have been deputed for poll duty as the state decides its fate today.
The government has also announced a slew of measures to ease cash flow for the rural sector.
Polling in Madhya Pradesh was marred by complaints of faulty EVMs and voter verifiable paper audit trail machines.
Counting of votes will take place on May 15.
From corruption to communalism, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Rs 70 lakh Hublot watch to United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi's foreign origin, the electoral potboiler had it all.
The final figure of polling could increase and it will be available on Tuesday, officials said.
'Slowly, but surely, India will move towards a low-cash economy.'
Complaints of electronic voting machine malfunctioning poured in from several booths on Tuesday during the third and largest phase of Lok Sabha polls which saw voters turning out in large numbers to cast their vote in 116 seats, including all constituencies of Gujarat and Kerala.
At places in the border districts of Barmer and Jaisalmer, people walked miles through the desert to cast their votes.
This time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing.
'GST had to come close on the heels of demonetisation as part of the same package.'
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'The cash part is the lower hanging fruit compared to the other sources.' 'To attack the cash part of black money, I can't think of anything else but demonetisation.'
Two persons were injured in a clash which took place between AAP and Congress workers at Sultanpur village in Sangrur district.
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