Voting begins in India in world’s largest election
Deori tribal women stand in a queue to cast their vote during the first round of polling of India’s national election in Jorhat, India, Friday, April 19, 2024. Nearly 970 million voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five years, during staggered elections that will run until June 1.
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