However, the polling percentage recorded in the third phase of LS elections in Madhya Pradesh has witnessed a sharp rise over that of the second phase polling in the state.
The remaining eight LS seats in Madhya Pradesh will go to polls in the fourth and final phase polling on May 13.
In the 2019 LS polls, BJP had won 28 out of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, leaving Congress to bag the lone LS seat of Chhindwara.
The third and final phase polling in Chhattisgarh in which seven LS seats went to polls on Tuesday recorded 67.07 percent polling by six pm as compared to the average polling of 71.14 percent in these seats in the 2019 polls.
In the 2019 LS polls in Chhattisgarh, BJP had won nine out of 11 seats, while Congress secured the remaining two seats.
