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Polls open for the last phase of India's massive election. The enormity of 1.3-billion-strong India and its electorate, and the security and logistical challenges, meant there had to be seven different voting days across 1.1 million polling stations starting on April 11. IMAGES
Jammu (India), Nov 28 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Jaipal Singh).- Jammu and Kashmir hold the first phase of District Development Council (DDC) elections, the first since the former state was declared a union territory in 2019.FOOTAGE OF THE ELECTION DAY IN THE VILLAGE OF GARKHAL, NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN, ABOUT 30 KM FROM JAMMU.
Election officials at a polling station in the northern city of Shamli pack and seal electronic voting machines as the first of seven voting stages closes in the world's biggest election. IMAGES
Voting kicks off in India's Puducherry Assembly elections after intensive campaigning. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party is vying for a major stake here as well as in Tamil Nadu and Kerala where local parties dominate. IMAGES
The poll is the first in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a strict virus lockdown in late March that led to millions of poor migrant workers, many from Bihar, losing their jobs with some having to walk for days or weeks back home. The state, one of India's poorest, has been ruled by an alliance of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and the regional Janta Dal United party for over a decade. But opinion polls indicate disquiet with the incumbent regime. The state, one of India's poorest, has been ruled by an alliance of Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party and the regional Janta Dal United party for over a decade. IMAGES
Electoral officials seal ballot boxes at a polling station in Mathura as the second phase of India's marathon six-week-long general election comes to a close. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in the vote, which ends in early June. But turnout in the first round last week dropped nearly four points to 66 percent from the previous election in 2019. IMAGES