{"id":5987,"date":"2024-04-27T22:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T22:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=5987"},"modified":"2024-04-27T22:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T22:18:21","slug":"lok-sabha-elections-2024-phase-2-in-pictures-india-votes-the-hindu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/?p=5987","title":{"rendered":"Lok Sabha elections 2024 Phase 2 in pictures | India votes &#8211; The Hindu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To enjoy additional benefits<br \/>CONNECT WITH US<br \/> April 26, 2024 03:00 pm | Updated April 27, 2024 02:02 pm IST <br \/><span>V<\/span>oting began in 88 constituencies across 13 States in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/lok-sabha\/2024-lok-sabha-assembly-election-phase-2-states-constituencies-schedule\/article68001637.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">second phase of the Lok Sabha polls<\/a>. Nearly 16 crore voters will cast their votes in 1.67 lakh polling stations.<br \/><strong>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/lok-sabha\/lok-sabha-elections-2024-updates-april-27\/article68111041.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 lok sabha elections phase 2 voting LIVE<\/a><\/strong><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/elections\/lok-sabha\/lok-sabha-polls-2024-1202-candidates-in-fray-in-phase-2\/article68106683.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">A total of 1,202 candidates are in the fray<\/a>, including 1,098 male, 102 female and two transgender contestant<br \/>Here are a few pictures from across the country that depict how Indians voted.<br \/>An old woman getting herself photographed at a selfie point outside a polling booth, at Shivaji Nagar, in Jalore (Rajasthan).<br \/>108-year-old Bhuri Bai, (on wheelchair), poses for a picture after casting her vote, at a polling booth in Loda Hera village of Kota district in Rajasthan. <br \/>105-year-old Tipu Devi poses for a picture at the selfie zone, at a polling station at Mount Abu (Sirohi district), which forms part of Jalore Lok Sabha constituency, in Rajasthan. <br \/>Women voters, accompanied by children, arrive at a health centre established at a polling station, in Rajasthan\u2019s Baran town, which forms part of Kota Lok Sabha constituency.<br \/>A group of transgenders pose for picture, after casting their votes, outside a polling booth in Bhilwara, in Rajasthan.<br \/>Thirty-three voters of four generations, belonging to a single family, arrived at a polling station, at Sagwara in Rajasthan\u2019s Dungarpur district, which forms part of the Banswara Lok Sabha constituency. <br \/>A newly married couple poses for a picture, after casting their vote in Rajasthan\u2019s Jalore. <br \/>Quick Response Team are on duty, amid the heatwave, in Banka, Bihar.<br \/>Bihar police monitor the riverine area to avert any untoward incident, in Katihar Lok Sabha constituency.<br \/>Voters plant a sapling outside Antari Devi Government School, in Barmer, in Rajasthan.<br \/>A polling booth decorated with flowers, in Rajasthan\u2019s Kota city. The banner at the gate reads: \u201cPadharo Mhare Booth\u201d (Welcome to my booth).<br \/>Looks like voting is more important than wedding for this young man. He stopped his \u2018Baraat\u2019 (marriage procession) outside a polling booth, in Rajasthan\u2019s Chittorgarh and went inside to cast his vote. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/topic\/general-elections-2024\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> General Elections 2024 <\/a><span> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/1369-1349\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> election <\/a><span> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/328-244\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> India <\/a><span> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/81\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> India <\/a><span> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/1349\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> politics <\/a><span> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/1413-1349\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> national politics <\/a><span> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/tag\/1420-1349\/\" class=\"txt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> politics (general) <\/a><br \/>BACK TO TOP<img alt=\"Back to Top\" class=\"lazy\" data-src-template=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/theme\/images\/th-online\/back-to-top-arrow.svg\"><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindugroup.com\/privacy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms &#038; conditions<\/a><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/tz7UETzxUs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institutional Subscriber<\/a><br \/>Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. 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Nearly 16 crore voters will cast their votes in 1.67 lakh polling stations.Also read: 2024 lok sabha elections phase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5987\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samvadbharatnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}