Photos: First phase of voting begins for India's Lok Sabha election 2024

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Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 began on Friday across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories. The mega seven-phase electoral exercise began at 7:00 a.m. Indians began voting in the world’s largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare, and personal popularity. Above, voters queue up to cast their ballot outside a polling station in Dugeli village of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh state. Image Credit: AFP

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Polling for assembly elections in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim also started with voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on Friday morning. Image Credit: AFP

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Voters line up outside a polling station to vote during the first phase of the general election in Kairana, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, India, April 19, 2024. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A man assists an elderly voter as she arrives to cast her vote during phase-I voting for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 on Friday in Arunachal Pradesh. Image Credit: ANI

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Voters with their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes for the first phase of the Lok Sabha Polls in Sivasagar on Friday. Image Credit: ANI

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Voters register outside a polling station during the first phase of voting for national elections in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Friday, April 19, 2024. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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The first phase, with the most parliamentary constituencies among all seven phases, will witness polling in 21 states and Union Territories. Image Credit: AFP

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A newly married couple show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes in Udhampur on Friday. Image Credit: ANI

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During the first phase of the general election in Imphal, Manipur, India, voters queue as they wait to cast their votes next to security force personnel outside a polling station. Image Credit: REUTERS

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A polling officer marks a voter's finger before casting her vote during the first phase of parliamentary elections at a polling booth in Chhindwara. Image Credit: AFP

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Security personnel stand guard as women arrive to cast their votes during Phase-I voting for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Kathua. Image Credit: ANI

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A voter's finger is marked with indelible ink after casting a ballot at a polling station during the first phase of voting for national elections in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Image Credit: Bloomberg

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A voter and her child wait to cast their ballot outside a polling station in Dugeli village, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh state. Image Credit: AFP

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Women show their inked fingers after casting their ballots to vote in the first phase of India's general election outside a polling station near the India-Bangladesh border in Seoraguri village, Dinhata district of Cooch Behar in the country's West Bengal state. Image Credit: AFP

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Voters leave on trucks after casting their ballot during the first phase of voting for India's general election in Dugeli village of Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh state. Image Credit: AFP

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Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station in Kairana, Shamli district, in Uttar Pradesh state, on April 19, 2024, in the first phase of India's general election. Image Credit: AFP

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Elderly women voters walk out from a polling station after casting their votes in Bhetaguri village in the Dinhata area of Cooch Behar district around 750 km north of Kolkata on April 19, 2024. Image Credit: AFP

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