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

Election to run seven weeks with 968 million eligible voters

Published: April 19, 2024 15:37 Compiled by Devadasan K P, Chief Visual Editor with inputs from Agencies

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INDIA VOTE 1-1713525357786 — 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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INDIA VOTE 2-1713525340408 — 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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INDIA VOTE 3-1713525336988 — 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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Copy of 20240419024L-1713525359949 — 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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INDIA VOTING — 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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INDIA VOTE 5-1713525328710 — 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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INDIA VOTE 4-1713525333079 — 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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INDIA VOTING — A newly married couple show their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes in Udhampur on Friday. Image Credit: ANI

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INDIA VOTE 6-1713525326472 — 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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INDIA VOTE 8-1713525320038 — 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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INDIA VOTE 9-1713525317689 — 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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INDIA VOTE 10-1713525354658 — 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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INDIA VOTE 15-1713525345483 — 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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INDIA VOTE 12-1713525352819 — 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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INDIA VOTE 13-1713525350511 — 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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INDIA VOTE 14-1713525348252 — 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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INDIA VOTE 16-1713525343013 — 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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