Photos: 13 states, 2 UTs vote in biggest phase of Lok Sabha elections

Voting has begun in 117 parliamentary constituencies across 13 states and two Union Territories in what is the biggest of the seven phase general election schedule for 2019. Of the 117, polling in one seat in Tripura was deferred from an earlier phase and polling in Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, will happen in three phases starting with the third one. Tuesday’s polling will also mark an end to the electoral battle in southern India.

Updated on: Apr 23, 2019 2:30 PM IST

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Voters stand in lines at a polling station in Guwahati, Assam. Voting is taking place for all 26 constituencies in Gujarat, all 20 seats in Kerala, 14 each in Maharashtra and Karnataka, 10 in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Chhattisgarh, six in Odisha, five each in Bihar and West Bengal, four in Assam, two in Goa, one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Tripura. (Biju Boro / AFP)

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A boy looks on, queued with women waiting to cast votes the outskirts of Pune. Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah is making his Lok Sabha election debut from Gandhinagar and Congress President Rahul Gandhi enters the contest from Wayanad today.The BJP will aim to defend the 62 of the 117 third phase seats it won in 2014, its performance in this phase crucial in deciding its political fortunes. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)

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PM Narendra Modi show his inked finger after casting his vote in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. “The weapon of terrorism is IED, the strength of democracy is voter ID. I can say with surety that the voter ID is much more powerful than an IED, so we should understand the strength of our voter IDs,” said PM Narendra Modi after casting his vote in Ahmedabad. (Siddharaj Solanki / HT Photo)

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Paramilitary soldier stands guard as voters wait in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station during the third phase of general election in Shangus, South Kashmir. The overall poll percentage in Anantnag at 11.00 am was 4.79%, an official spokesman said. Mobile Internet facility and train services have been suspended for the day. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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Women belonging to Reang tribal community show their inked marked finger after casting vote, during the third phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at polling station in Agartala. Voting began amidst heavy security at 7 a.m. and around 35 per cent voting was recorded till 12 p.m. The officials said that in around 100 polling stations, voting was temporarily halted due to the malfunctioning of either the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) or the Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines. (PTI)

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Voters at a polling station in Malda, West Bengal. An estimated 16.94% of over 80 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling in five Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal, an election official said. Barring a few isolated incidents of violence, polling has largely been peaceful in Balurghat, Maldaha Uttar, Maldaha Dakshin, Jangipur and Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats, he said. (Diptendu Dutta / AFP)

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Members of the transgender community show their election card and inked finger after casting vote during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station in Thiruvananthapuram. The state is polling for all of its 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in a single phase. (PTI)