Voting  

Karnataka BJP president Yeddyurappa explained how voting for the Congress in the Lok Sabha elections will result in insulting Baba Saheb Ambedkar
 

One of the disabled men in the group flew through a glider showcasing a huge banner – 'Vote on April 23' 

District election officer and collector K Veera Raghava Rao of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu, organised a series of voters’ awareness programmes and systematic voters for 100% voting in the upcoming Lok Sabha election

A team led by the district election officer and collector Veera Raghava Rao formed a human chain on Pamban Road Bridge calling for 100% voting

Minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju exercised his voting rights on Thursday. He is among the high profile candidates whose constituency witnessed voting in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls.

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah started playing the old victim card on Electronic Voting Machines during the first phase of polling in the general elections.

Voters in Uttar Pradesh's Kairana constituency have made it clear that they are voting only on the basis of nationalism and not in terms of regional affiliations

RSS Top brass including Mohan Bhagwat voted at Nagpur. 'Voting is our duty, everyone should vote' said Sarsanghchalak, Mohan Bhagwat. Bhagwat cast his ballot at polling booth number 216 at NMC Bhauji Daptari School, Nagpur. Sarakaryavah Man. Suresh (Bhayyaji) Joshi also voted. Soon after voting, Bhagwat said, "Voting is a duty of every individual".

Andhra Pradesh has been facing severe EVM glitches from the morning leaving party workers to vandalise polling booths and the voting machines. Two died in a clash between TDP and YSRCP workers

Brisk voting was reported from many places with enthusiastic voters coming to the polling stations to exercise their franchise. At the Venghnuai polling station within Aizawl South - II assembly segment, voters, including many senior citizens, were seen queuing outside the booth.

Voting in the Northeast began at 21,585 polling stations including 9,574 booths in Assam, 2,201 in Arunachal Pradesh, 3,167 in Meghalaya, 2,227 in Nagaland, 1,175 in Mizoram, 1,679 in Tripura and 1,562 in Manipur
 

First phase of voting has begun in naxal hit Chhattisgarh today and people have been thronging the polling stations in large numbers. Naxals' appeal to boycott the elections has been blatantly ignored by the residents of Konta.

Pawan Kalyan, president of the Jana Sena, arrived at Chaitanya School in Gayatri Nagar, Vijayawada to cast his vote. The actor-turned politician spoke to the media briefly where he also defended the party member who is accused of breaking EVMs

Amid the EVM glitches, a Jana Sena candidate reportedly threw a voting machine on the floor as the names of Assembly and Parliament constituencies were not being displayed properly.

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Telangana are voting today in a single phase.