People wave towards a helicopter carrying Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi.

A woman leaves after casting her vote inside a polling station, April 17, 2014.

A man wearing a traditional turban waits to cast his vote outside a polling station, April 17, 2014.

Polling officers with electronic voting machines (EVM) along with Indian security personnel travel in a boat to reach polling stations, April 23, 2014. 

Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi waves to his supporters as he arrives to file nomination papers for the general elections, April 9, 2014. 

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. 

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. 

An Indian security personnel stands guard outside an election material distribution centre, April 23, 2014.

Supporters of Kashmir's ruling National Conference  party crowd to listen as Farooq Abdullah, April 7, 2014. 

A woman shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote, April 7, 2014.

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. 

People stand in line to cast their votes, April 9,2014.

Sonia Gandhi, chief of India's ruling Congress party, arrives to cast her vote at a polling station, April 10, 2014. 

Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, disembarks from a helicopter to address an election campaign, April 30, 2014.

Jyoti Amge, 20, a first time voter, shows her voting card as she arrives to cast her vote, April 10, 2014. 

Members of the election staff carrying electronic voting machines (EVM) cross a water channel on their way to polling stations, April 16, 2014. 

People travel on an overcrowded jeep to cast their votes at a polling station at Sirohi district, April 17, 2014.

People line up to cast their votes outside a polling station, April 30, 2014. 

Women walk through a wheat field on their way to a polling station to cast their vote, April 17, 2014. 

A woman casts her vote at a polling station, April 17, 2014. 

A polling officer applies ink on the finger of a voter, April 17, 2014.

People cross the Chenab river on a trolley tied to wires to cast their vote,17, 2014.

Voters line up to cast their votes outside a polling station, April 30, 2014.

An election official checks the name of a voter inside a polling centre, April 30, 2014.

Hindu saints stand in line to cast their votes at a polling station, April 30, 2014. 

A tribal woman shows her ink-marked finger after voting, April 30, 2014.

A woman shows her ink-marked finger after voting, April 24, 2014.

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man arrives to cast his vote, April 24, 2014.

An Indian security personnel stands guard in front of a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at a polling station, April 24, 2014. 

Women get their voter slips from a polling agent, April 17, 2014. 

A polling officer writes the hourly voting percentage at a polling station, April 17, 2014.