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Lok Sabha election 2019 phase 1: Polling for the first phase of the Lok Sabha election is underway on 91 seats in 20 states and two Union Territories. These include 25 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, eight in Uttar Pradesh, seven in Maharashtra, five each in Uttarakhand and Assam, four each in Bihar and Odisha, two each in Jammu and Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and West Bengal and one each in Chhattisgarh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep. Voting is also underway in 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, 32 in Sikkim, 57 in Arunachal Pradesh and 28 seats in Odisha. (Reuters Photo)
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Polling in all the Lok Sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh (25), Telangana (17), Uttarakhand (5), Meghalaya (2) and Arunachal Pradesh (2) besides lone seats in Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar, and Lakshadweep is being held. (AP Photo)
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Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election in Alipurduar district in the eastern state of West Bengal. (Reuters Photo)
A young boy dressed as a policeman stands as people wait in a queue to cast their votes in village Sawaal near Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo) 
People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station in Majuli, a large river island in the Brahmaputra river, in the northeastern state of Assam. (Reuters Photo) -
The BJP will look to defend 32 of the 91 seats in 18 states and two union territories for which voting began Thursday morning in the first phase of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls in which five Union ministers are key contestants. (AP Photo)
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People catch buses for their native places to cast votes for the 1st phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at a bus depot in Hyderabad. (PTI Photo)
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The Congress is hoping to defend seven seats that it won in 2014 and is looking for major gains in Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo)
Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. (Reuters Photo) -
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking another term in power, focusing his election campaign on national security, farm revival and job creation. (Reuters Photo)
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The first phase of polls will decide the fate of 217 candidates. There are 26 hopefuls in fray for Lok Sabha seats and 191 for assembly seats. (Reuters Photo)
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People wait in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of general election on the outskirts of Jammu. (Reuters Photo)
