Officials prepare bags of election material to be distributed along with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Jorhat.
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Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election material ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Moradabad.
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An election official walks carrying an electronic voting machine (EVM) as he prepares to disembark from a ferry after crossing the river Brahmaputra on the eve of the first phase of polling of India's national elections in Nimati Ghat, northeastern Assam state.
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Security personnel leave for their respective polling stations ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Agartala.
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A polling official checks duty lists at a distribution centre ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Nagaon district.
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Polling officials collect EVMs and other election material at a distribution centre ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Rudraprayag district.
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Polling officials at a distribution centre before leaving for their respective polling stations ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Ri Bhoi district, Meghalaya.
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Police personnel reach a distribution centre before being deployed at various polling stations ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Dibrugarh.
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Security personnel before leaving for their respective polling stations ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Jorhat district.
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Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election material ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections, in Bastar district.