New Delhi: Some 120 million people across the country voted yesterday across 14 states and union territories in a critical third phase of the parliamentary elections to pick 91 of the 543 Lok Sabha members.

(From Left to Right) Arvind Kejriwal, Nitin Gadkari, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi

It includes seven seats in the national capital whose control is considered important for any party seeking to sit in the seat of power in New Delhi.

The overall voting percentage was almost 63 at the 140,850 voting centres from the time they opened at 7 am.

Political analyst GVL  Narasimha Rao, said Thursday’s polling was important because the 91 seats were almost a sixth of the total LS seats. There was a record voter turnout of 73.4 percent in Kerala