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Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
Supporters of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), climb up the poles of a temporary tent to get a glimpse of Modi during an election campaign rally, April 21, 2014.
Around 815 million people have registered to vote in the world's biggest election - a world record number that exceeds the population of Europe - and results of the mammoth exercise, which concludes on May 12, are due on May 16.
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Mathura, Uttar Pradesh
People wave towards a helicopter carrying Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi.
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Ajmer, Rajasthan
A woman leaves after casting her vote inside a polling station, April 17, 2014.
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Ajmer, Rajasthan
A man wearing a traditional turban waits to cast his vote outside a polling station, April 17, 2014.
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Assam, India
Polling officers with electronic voting machines (EVM) along with Indian security personnel travel in a boat to reach polling stations, April 23, 2014.
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Gujarat, India
Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi waves to his supporters as he arrives to file nomination papers for the general elections, April 9, 2014.
Criss-crossing the country for months before the first phase of voting began on Monday, the BJP and its candidate for prime minister, Modi, had mainly campaigned on a ticket of better governance, economic development and job creation.
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Uttar Pradesh, India
Rahul Gandhi (in white), India's ruling Congress party vice president and son of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are showered with rose petals by their supporters upon Rahul's arrival to file his nomination for the general election, April 12, 2014.
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Uttar Pradesh, India
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of India's ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi, adjusts her flower garlands as she campaigns for her mother, April 22, 2014.
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Chennai, India
An Indian security personnel stands guard outside an election material distribution centre, April 23, 2014.
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Srinagar, India
Supporters of Kashmir's ruling National Conference party crowd to listen as Farooq Abdullah, April 7, 2014.
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Assam, India
A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote, April 7, 2014.
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Mumbai, India
Gaurav Sharma, an independent candidate also known as the Indian Spider-Man, poses as he arrives to file his nomination for the general election, April 4, 2014.
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Arunachal Pradesh, India
People stand in line to cast their votes, April 9,2014.
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New Delhi, India
Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's ruling Congress party, arrives to cast her vote at a polling station, April 10, 2014.
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Allahabad, India
Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, disembarks from a helicopter to address an election campaign, April 30, 2014.
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Nagpur, India
Jyoti Amge, 20, a first time voter, shows her voting card as she arrives to cast her vote, April 10, 2014.
Amge has been certified by the Guinness World Records as the shortest woman in the world.
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Assar, Jammu
Members of the election staff carrying electronic voting machines (EVM) cross a water channel on their way to polling stations, April 16, 2014.
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Rajasthan, India
People travel on an overcrowded jeep to cast their votes at a polling station at Sirohi district, April 17, 2014.
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Andhra Pradesh, India
People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station, April 30, 2014.
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Uttar Pradesh, India
Women walk through a wheat field on their way to a polling station to cast their vote, April 17, 2014.
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Rajasthan, India
A woman casts her vote at a polling station, April 17, 2014.
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Maharashtra, India
A polling officer applies ink on the finger of a voter, April 17, 2014.
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Doda, Jammu
People cross the Chenab river on a trolley tied to wires to cast their vote,17, 2014.
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Andhra Pradesh, India
Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station, April 30, 2014.
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Andhra Pradesh, India
An election official checks the name of a voter inside a polling centre, April 30, 2014.
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Ahmedabad, India
Hindu saints stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station, April 30, 2014.
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Andhra Pradesh, India
A tribal woman shows her ink-marked finger after voting, April 30, 2014.
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Mumbai, India
A woman shows her ink-marked finger after voting, April 24, 2014.
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Uttar Pradesh, India
A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man arrives to cast his vote, April 24, 2014.
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Srinagar, India
An Indian security personnel stands guard in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at a polling station, April 24, 2014.
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Uttar Pradesh, India
Women get their voter slips from a polling agent, April 17, 2014.
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Maharashtra, India
A polling officer writes the hourly voting percentage at a polling station, April 17, 2014.
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