Indians began voting on Monday, 7 April in the world’s biggest election. The country’s 814 million eligible voters will vote in stages over the next five weeks. Polling for the first stage started in Assam sate in north-eastern India.
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Indian voters wait in queues to cast their votes during the first phase of elections in Dibrugarh. AP / Altaf Qadri -
Voters stand in a queue to get their voting slip to cast their vote at a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, Jorhat district, in Assam. Reiters / Adnan Abidi -
People line up to cast their vote outside a polling station at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district in Assam. Reuters / Utpal Baruah -
A woman waits to get her voter slip to cast her vote at a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river. Reuters / Adnan Abidi -
A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Majuli. Reuters / Adnan Abidi -
Indian Muslim voters pose with identification as they wait in line to vote outside a polling station in Koliabor, in Assam state’s Nagoan district. AFP -
An elderly Indian woman watches as she stands in a queue to cast her vote during the first phase of elections in Dibrugarh, in Assam. AP / Altaf Qadri -
A man votes inside a booth at a polling station in Majuli. Reuters / Adnan Abidi -
A Mishing tribal woman displays her indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote outside a polling station during the first phase of elections at Misamora Sapori, an island in the River Brahmaputra in Assam state. AP / Anupam Nath -
Indian voters wait in line to vote outside a polling station at Dekhijuli, some 180 kms from Guwahati, the capital city of Assam. AFP / Biju Boro
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