An Indian voter gives her fingerprint as she comes to cast her vote at a polling station during India`s general election in Purandudam village, some 140 km from Guwahati, the capital city of India`s northeastern state of Assam on 11 April 2019. India`s mammoth six-week general election kicked off 11 April with polling stations in the country`s northeast among the first to open. Photo: AFP
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ndian women walk to caste their vote at a polling station during India`s general election in Shahpur near Muzaffarrnagar in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on 11 April 2019. India`s mammoth six-week general election kicked off 11 April, with polling stations in the country`s northeast among the first to open. Photo: AFP
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People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India on 11 April 2019. Photo: Reuters
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People wait in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election on the outskirts of Jammu on 11 April 2019. Photo: Reuters
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Election staff check Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines at a distribution centre in Alipurduar district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, on 10 April 2019. Photo: Reuters
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A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, India on 11 April 2019. Photo: Reuters
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People, who are scheduled to vote and were invited by the Election Commission of India, attend a felicitation ceremony called `Shatayu Samman`, an award given to persons who lived for a century, in Ahmedabad, India, 11 April 2019. Photo: Reuters
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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election in Alipurduar district in the eastern state of West Bengal, India, 11 April 2019. Photo: Reuters
