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Photos: 59 seats up for vote, final phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019

Updated On May 19, 2019 09:28 PM IST

In the 7th phase and final phase of Lok sabha elections, 59 seats will go to polls across seven states and one Union territory to decide the fate of 918 candidates. Among the states voting are Bihar (8 seats), Jharkhand (3), Punjab (13), West Bengal (9), Himachal Pradesh (4), Madhya Pradesh (8) and Uttar Pradesh (13) and one seat in the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

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Voters stand in queues to cast their votes during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Danapur, in Patna, Bihar. Today, polling is being held in 59 constituencies spread across seven states and one Union Territory, where over 10.01 crore voters are expected to decide the fate of 918 candidates. (Santosh Kumar / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 19, 2019 09:28 PM IST

Voters stand in queues to cast their votes during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Danapur, in Patna, Bihar. Today, polling is being held in 59 constituencies spread across seven states and one Union Territory, where over 10.01 crore voters are expected to decide the fate of 918 candidates. (Santosh Kumar / HT Photo)

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Voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi constituency looks largely predictable while the BJP is facing a tough fight in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies as it will largely be a straight fight between the BJP and the SP-BSP alliance on ten seats. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 19, 2019 09:28 PM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast their votes at a polling station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi constituency looks largely predictable while the BJP is facing a tough fight in 13 Lok Sabha constituencies as it will largely be a straight fight between the BJP and the SP-BSP alliance on ten seats. (PTI)

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Nuns stand in a queue to cast their votes at St. Mary's School, Ripon Street, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Several heavyweights, including chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, TMC’s leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha are in the fray, along with TMC’s political greenhorns, actor-turned politicians Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan. (Samir Jana / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 19, 2019 09:28 PM IST

Nuns stand in a queue to cast their votes at St. Mary's School, Ripon Street, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Several heavyweights, including chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, TMC’s leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay and BJP national secretary Rahul Sinha are in the fray, along with TMC’s political greenhorns, actor-turned politicians Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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Women show their voter IDs before casting their vote during the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections, at KMC office, Esplanade, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Eight of the nine seats have been with the TMC since 2009. (Samir Jana / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Women show their voter IDs before casting their vote during the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections, at KMC office, Esplanade, in Kolkata, West Bengal. Eight of the nine seats have been with the TMC since 2009. (Samir Jana / HT Photo)

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An elderly voter shows her finger marked with indelible ink at a polling station at village Bhoot, near Amritsar, Punjab. The Lok Sabha election is being seen as a mid-term test of popularity for CM Amarinder Singh-led Congress government which swept to power with a two-thirds majority in the 2017 assembly polls after ten years, is facing the SAD-BJP combine, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Punjab Democratic Alliance, a coalition of small parties. (PTI) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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An elderly voter shows her finger marked with indelible ink at a polling station at village Bhoot, near Amritsar, Punjab. The Lok Sabha election is being seen as a mid-term test of popularity for CM Amarinder Singh-led Congress government which swept to power with a two-thirds majority in the 2017 assembly polls after ten years, is facing the SAD-BJP combine, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Punjab Democratic Alliance, a coalition of small parties. (PTI)

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A polling official checks the name of a voter during the seventh and final phase of national elections in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. It is set to be a high-stakes battle for both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in the northern state where politics has broadly been bipolar. Riding on the Modi wave, the BJP had won all the four Lok Sabha seats — Mandi, Kangra, Shimla and Hamirpur — in the last general election in 2014. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 19, 2019 09:28 PM IST

A polling official checks the name of a voter during the seventh and final phase of national elections in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. It is set to be a high-stakes battle for both the ruling BJP and opposition Congress in the northern state where politics has broadly been bipolar. Riding on the Modi wave, the BJP had won all the four Lok Sabha seats — Mandi, Kangra, Shimla and Hamirpur — in the last general election in 2014. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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Milkha Singh along with his wife Nirmal Kaur show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their vote during the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Sector 9, in Chandigarh. (Sanjeev Sharma / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Milkha Singh along with his wife Nirmal Kaur show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their vote during the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Sector 9, in Chandigarh. (Sanjeev Sharma / HT Photo)

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A person carries his specially abled father from a polling booth during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Diamond Harbour constituency, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A person carries his specially abled father from a polling booth during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Diamond Harbour constituency, in Kolkata, West Bengal. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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Exiled Tibetan monks get their documents verified by polling officials before casting their vote during the seventh and final phase of Indian national elections in Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Exiled Tibetan monks get their documents verified by polling officials before casting their vote during the seventh and final phase of Indian national elections in Dharmsala, Himachal Pradesh. (Ashwini Bhatia / AP)

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Polling officials seal an Electronic Voting Machine(EVM)at a polling station during the last phase of the general election in Kolkata. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on May 19, 2019 09:28 PM IST

Polling officials seal an Electronic Voting Machine(EVM)at a polling station during the last phase of the general election in Kolkata. (Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS)

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