From world’s smallest woman to 100-year-old, how India voted in first phase of LS elections

From world’s smallest woman to 100-year-old, how India voted in first phase of LS elections

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 11:57 PM IST
From world’s smallest woman to 100-year-old, how India voted in first phase of LS elections
This combination of pictures taken and created on April 11, 2019, shows voters showing their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote during India's general election at various polling stations across India. - India's gargantuan election, the biggest in history, kicked off on April 11 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a second term from the South Asian behemoth's 900 million voters. (Photo by AFP) |

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 has started today and people from all around the country are casting votes in their respective polling centers, pictures of a 100-years-old Kashmiri women went, who despite of her age came the her polling center to cast her vote. On the other hand, World’s shortest woman Jyoti Amge casted her vote from Nagpur. Weather small or big, old or young, rich or poor, everyone was seen standing in line for casting vote.

Here are some pictures from the poling centers around the country

TOPSHOT – People register to vote at a polling station during India’s general election in Hyderabad on April 11, 2019. – India’s mammoth six-week general election kicked off April 11, with polling stations in the country’s northeast among the first to open. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)

TOPSHOT – People register to vote at a polling station during India’s general election in Hyderabad on April 11, 2019. – India’s mammoth six-week general election kicked off April 11, with polling stations in the country’s northeast among the first to open. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP) |

An Indian Reang tribal woman voter leaves a polling station after casting her vote during India’s general election at Kanhmun village, near Tripura border on April 11, 2019. – India’s mammoth six-week general election kicked off April 11, with polling stations in the country’s northeast among the first to open. (Photo by STR / AFP)

An Indian Reang tribal woman voter leaves a polling station after casting her vote during India’s general election at Kanhmun village, near Tripura border on April 11, 2019. – India’s mammoth six-week general election kicked off April 11, with polling stations in the country’s northeast among the first to open. (Photo by STR / AFP) |

Indian Kashmiri 100-year-old, Sarwa Bano, looks on before casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of India’s general election at Kandi Kupwara in Handwara district, north of Srinagar, on April 11, 2019. – India’s mammoth six-week general election kicked off April 11, with polling stations in the country’s northeast among the first to open. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)

Indian Kashmiri 100-year-old, Sarwa Bano, looks on before casting her vote at a polling station during the first phase of India’s general election at Kandi Kupwara in Handwara district, north of Srinagar, on April 11, 2019. – India’s mammoth six-week general election kicked off April 11, with polling stations in the country’s northeast among the first to open. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP) |

Bodh Gaya: Buddhist monks show their voter identity cards before casting their votes during the first phase of the general elections, at a polling station in Bodh Gaya, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI4_11_2019_000043B)

Bodh Gaya: Buddhist monks show their voter identity cards before casting their votes during the first phase of the general elections, at a polling station in Bodh Gaya, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI4_11_2019_000043B) |

Gaya: A CRPF personnel carries an elderly woman to a polling station during the first phase of the general elections, in Gaya, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Handout/PTI Photo) (PTI4_11_2019_000112B)

Gaya: A CRPF personnel carries an elderly woman to a polling station during the first phase of the general elections, in Gaya, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (Handout/PTI Photo) (PTI4_11_2019_000112B) |

Haridwar: Sadhus show their voter identity cards as they stand in a queue to cast their vote during the first phase of the general elections, at a polling station in Haridwar, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI4_11_2019_000115B)

Haridwar: Sadhus show their voter identity cards as they stand in a queue to cast their vote during the first phase of the general elections, at a polling station in Haridwar, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI4_11_2019_000115B) |

Nagpur: World’s shortest woman Jyoti Amge (25), shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the first phase of general elections, at a polling station in Nagpur, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI4_11_2019_000116B)

Nagpur: World’s shortest woman Jyoti Amge (25), shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the first phase of general elections, at a polling station in Nagpur, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo)(PTI4_11_2019_000116B) |

Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters hold cut-outs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president Amit Shah during an election campaign rally, in Ahmedabad, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo) (PTI4_11_2019_000125B)

Ahmedabad: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters hold cut-outs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president Amit Shah during an election campaign rally, in Ahmedabad, Thursday, April 11, 2019. (PTI Photo) (PTI4_11_2019_000125B) |