- Title: Voting begins in first phase of general election in India
- Date: 19th April 2024
- Summary: ALIPURDUAR, WEST BENGAL, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (REUTERS) MAN EXITING POLLING STATION, VOTERS QUEUING VOTERS QUEUING OUTSIDE POLLING STATION TWO WOMEN WALKING INTO POLLING STATION, MAN TALKING TO POLLING OFFICIALS MAN CASTING VOTE TIRUVANNAMALAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (REUTERS) PEOPLE WAIT OUTSIDE POLLING STATION, ELDERLY WOMAN WIPING SWEAT, MAN ARRIVING ON HIS BIKE WOMAN HOLDING ELDERLY WOMAN AND LEADING HER INTO THE POLLING STATION ELDERLY WOMAN CASTING VOTE WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER WOMAN PEOPLE QUEUING OUTSIDE POLLING STATION ELDERLY WOMAN BEING LED OUT OF POLLING STATION PEOPLE INSIDE POLLING STATION PEOPLE QUEUING OUTSIDE POLLING STATION
- Embargoed: 3rd May 2024 14:26
- Keywords: Elections India Tamil Nadu Voting West Bengal
- Location: VARIOUS, INDIA
- City: VARIOUS, INDIA
- Country: India
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001647919042024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: A substantial number of Indians voted on Friday (April 19) in the first phase of the world's largest election, authorities said, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a historic third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism.
The first of seven phases, Friday's vote covered 166 million voters in 102 constituencies across 21 states and territories, from Tamil Nadu in the south to Arunachal Pradesh on the Himalayan frontier with China.
Surveys suggest the BJP will easily win a majority, even though voters worry about unemployment, inflation and rural distress in the world's fastest growing major economy.
Almost a billion people in the world's most populous nation are eligible to vote in the entire exercise running through the peak of summer until June 1, with results set for June 4.
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