DHAKA: Millions of Indians are voting Thrusday across 11 states and three Union Territories in one of the biggest phases of the national election to pick a new government at the Centre. Polling is taking place in 91 of the country`s 543 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Among the constituencies voting today are all seven seats in Delhi, 10 in UP, six in Bihar, 10 each in Haryana, Odisha and Maharashtra, all 20 in Kerala, four in Jharkhand, nine in Madhya Pradesh and single seats in Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar Island, Lakshwadeep and Jammu and Kashmir. Odisha is also voting for state assembly polls, reports the NDTV.

Today`s contest features several top leaders including union ministers Kamal Nath, Kapil Sibal and Ajit Singh, former BJP president Nitin Gadkari and retired Army chief General VK Singh.

Arvind Kejriwal`s Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, which is debuting in the national polls, also has prominent leaders in today`s battle - Yogendra Yadav, Ashutosh and Shazia Ilmi.

In Delhi, over 12 million voters will cast their ballots to decide between three main political parties - the BJP, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party - in seven Lok Sabha constituencies. The day-long polling that began at 7 a.m. will go on till 6 p.m. for voters to choose among 150 candidates in Delhi, including 57 independents.

The Congress, which lost control of Delhi after the assembly polls in December, is trying its best to lure voters, while a confident BJP and the vocal AAP that ruled Delhi for 49 days are being seen as the favourites by political pundits.

While both the BJP and AAP have claimed they will win all seven seats in Delhi, the Congress, whose 15-year rule in Delhi ended in December, said voters who had ignored the party in December have returned.

BDST: 0908 HRS, APR 10, 2014