Lok Sabha elections 2024 phase 1: Officials gear for polls ahead of voting on Friday

Lok Sabha elections 2024: As election campaign for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls 2024 ended on Wednesday, April 17, the constituencies going into polls on Friday, April 19, are now in a "silent period" before the start of voting.
The first phase of the polls will be conducted across 102 Lok Sabha constituencies in 21 states and union territories, and polling officials and security personnel are gearing themselves up for a smooth voting process.
As the biggest democracy in the world prepares itself to showcase its biggest democratic right, let's take a look at how the people work behind the scenes for a smooth and unrigged voting process—

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Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam

Updated on: April 18, 2024, 08.22 PM IST

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Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh

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.

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Agartala, Tripura

A polling official checks Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) kept inside a strong room ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections.

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Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Polling officials with EVMs and other election material leave for election duty ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

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Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Polling parties collect EVMs and other election material at a distribution center ahead of Lok Sabha polls.

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Sonitpur, Assam

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.

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Ri Bhoi, Meghalaya

Polling officials at a distribution center before leaving for their respective polling stations ahead of the first phase of voting for Lok Sabha elections.

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Dibrugarh, Assam

An election official marks the finger of a polling official with indelible ink, who casts his vote through postal ballot for the Lok Sabha elections.

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Jaipur, Rajasthan

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.

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Bageshwar, Uttarakhand

Security personnel on poll duty during a briefing by Bageshwar District Magistrate Anuradha Pal, ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

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Nainital, Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand Polling parties leave for election duty after collecting EVMs and other election material ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Image Courtesy: PTI