Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 1: Polling begins in 102 seats across 21 states and UTs

Shivganga: Congress leader P Chidambaram casts his vote in Tamil Nadu as polling begins for the general elections 2024. [Photo: ANI] 

Chennai: Actor Rajnikanth casts his vote in Tamil Nadu. [Photo: ANI]

Nagpur: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at a polling station to cast his vote for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Nagpur, on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]

Chennai: BJP's Tamil Nadu president Annamalai casts his vote. [Photo: ANI]

Kairana: A voter casts her vote for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Kairana, on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]

Kairana: Voters arrive at a polling station to cast their votes for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Kairana on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]

Nagaon: A security personnel stands guard as voters wait in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Nagaon district of Assam, on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]

Agartala: Voters show their identification cards as they wait in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Agartala, Tripura, on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]

Nagaon: Voters show their identification cards as they wait in a queue at a polling station to cast their votes for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Nagaon district of Assam, on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]

Dibrugarh: First-time voters show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their votes for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Dibrugarh district of Assam, on April 19, 2024. [Photo: PTI]