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EVMs. (PTI photo)
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A BJP supporter shout slogans during a protest against the Election Commission. The party protested against the denial of permission for it's PM candidate Narendra Modi to hold a rally in Varanasi. (HT photo/Raj K Raj)
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Election Commission officials leave for the polling booths from a distribution centre on the Lok Sabha polls in Allahabad. (PTI photo)
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EC officials with EVMs and security personnel travel in a boat to reach polling stations ahead of the sixth phase of LS polls in Assam. Ethnic violece broke out in the state after the elections ended. (Reuters photo)
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CISF personnel during a flag march ahead of the Lok Sabha elections at Prabhadevi in Mumbai. (HT photo/Kunal Patil)
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Paramilitary troopers clash with protestors during a one-day strike in Srinagar. The strike was called by All Parties Hurriyat Conference to protest the detention of separatist leaders and youths campaigning for a boycott of LS polls. (AFP photo)
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BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi is surrounded by security personnel as he arrives to address an election rally in Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. (HT photo/Rajesh Sinha)
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Election Commission officials carry the EVMs, guarded by the BSF and ITBF, in the Maoist affected Pardi villege, Baghmundi in Purulia district, West Bengal after polling. (HT photo/Samir Jana)
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Suspected Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of EC staff and cops who were returning from polling duty in Sikaripara in Dumka, in Ranchi. (AFP photo)
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Election Commission officials were accompanied by security personal on their way to Kulbhatti village in Maoist-affected Gadchiroli in Maharashtra ahead of polling. (HT photo/Anshuman Poyrekar)
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