A provisional voter turnout of 66.12% was recorded in the third phase of polling for nine Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, with no untoward incidents reported. The polling was peaceful and recorded a total of 127 candidates, including Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and former chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP) and Digvijaya Singh (Congress). The overall turnout in Madhya Pradesh was 71.20%. Polling began at 7 am across 20,456 polling stations, including 1,043 managed by women personnel and 75 by Divyang employees.