India completes first phase of voting for general election with large turnout

Record ID: 1819190

  • Title: India completes first phase of voting for general election with large turnout
  • Date: 19th April 2024
  • Summary: IMPHAL, MANIPUR, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF VOTERS GATHERED AT POLLING STATION VOTERS SPEAKING WITH SECURITY PERSONNEL VARIOUS OF POLLING OFFICIALS PACKING VOTING MATERIALS OFFICIAL KEEPING ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINE (EVM) INSIDE CONTAINER OFFICIAL CARRYING SEALED CONTAINER OFFICIALS PACKING EVM OFFICIALS LOOKING ON OFFICIAL BURNING WAX STAMP OFFICIALS SEALING CONTAINER WITH WAX STAMP VARIOUS OF POLLING OFFICIALS SEALING CONTAINERS WITH WAX STAMP (SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) POLLING OFFICIAL, K. NIMOLA DEVI, SAYING: "The tally number registered was matched with the data shown on the electronic voting machines. After checking their match and revising the data among ourselves, we packed the machines properly when polls ended." DIBRUGARH, ASSAM, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI- No use India) EXTERIOR OF POLLING STATION VARIOUS OF POLLING OFFICIALS PACKING VOTING MATERIALS VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS SEALING EVM WITH WAX STAMP MADURAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI- No use India) VARIOUS OF POLLING OFFICIALS PACKING VOTING MATERIALS OFFICIAL SEALING CONTAINER WITH WAX STAMP OFFICIAL PLACING EVM INSIDE CONTAINER SEALED CONTAINERS KEPT ON TABLE SAHARANPUR, UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA (APRIL 19, 2024) (ANI- No use India) SECURITY PERSONNEL ON GUARD OUTSIDE POLLING BOOTH POLLING OFFICIALS PACKING EVM INSIDE CONTAINERS OFFICIAL PLACING EVM INSIDE CONTAINER VARIOUS OF OFFICIALS SEALING CONTAINER WITH WAX STAMP
  • Embargoed: 3rd May 2024 16:46
  • Keywords: India general elections vote voting machines wax seals
  • Location: VARIOUS, INDIA
  • City: VARIOUS, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001652419042024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Polls in India closed 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 vote pits Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against an alliance of two dozen opposition parties that promise greater affirmative action and more handouts while stressing what they call the need to save democratic institutions.
    Three hours before polls closed, figures from the Election Commission showed voter turnout ranged between 40% in the sprawling northern state of Bihar and 68% in the small northeastern state of Tripura.
    "Voters show great enthusiasm as polling reaches halfway mark," an election panel spokesperson had posted earlier on X. "Substantial voter turnout reported."
    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.
    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.
    (Production: Ivan Romero)
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