(3 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
“India’s six-week long election is almost over. The last of its voters went to the polls over the weekend, amid a brutal heat wave in many parts of the country. Now everybody is watching out for the results. On Tuesday, India’s election commission will start counting hundreds of millions of votes, which were cast electronically.”
New Delhi – 29 May 2024
2. People walking in front of India’s Presidential palace under heat haze
Kolkata, India – 1 June 2024
3. Election official keeping voting machine on a cloth to pack
4. Close of sign reading (English) “Election Commission of India”
Dharamshala, India – 1 June 2024
5. Mid of unsealing of voting unit by poll officials
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
“The country has a first past-the-post electoral system, which means the candidate who receives the most votes wins.”
Kolkata, West Bengal – 30 May 2024
7. Drummers beating drums, woman performing traditional dance in an election campaign
8. Wide of supporters of Trinamool Congress party gathering
Malappuram, Kerala – 23 April 2024
9. Mid of drummers beating drums for Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) only Muslim candidate M. Abdul Salam as he campaigns
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
“Nearly 970 million were eligible to vote. Official data shows that the turnout so far has been around 65%.”
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh – 1 June 2024
11. Top angle of people waiting in queue to cast their vote at a polling station
12. Hindu women showing their inked fingers after voting
13. Muslim women showing their inked fingers after voting
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
“Now the final result may come only late on Tuesday, but we’ll start to see leads emerge earlier on, which could give an idea of where the results are headed.”
Kolkata, India – 1 June 2024
15. Woman walking towards voting compartment to vote
16. Close of election official applying indelible ink on voter’s finger
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
“In the lead up, most polls have shown Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party leading over their opposition, which is a broad alliance of many political parties led by the Congress party.”
New Delhi – 14 April 2024
18. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders showing party manifesto
19. Modi being welcomed by President of Bharatiya Janata Party JP Nadda with flowers
New Delhi – 31 March 2024
20. Various of rally by INDIA alliance (opposition bloc)
21. Mid of Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on stage addressing supporters
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
“Since 2014, Modi has consolidated votes amongst India’s Hindu majority population on a platform of Hindu Nationalism and economic development.”
Gandhinagar, Gujarat -1 April 2024
23. Tilt of a Modi banner that reads in Hindi (This time we will pass 400 seats)
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh – 20 May 2024
24. Man puts colored powder stamp on woman’s forehead, reading ‘Victory to Lord Ram’ or ‘Jai Shree Ram’ in Hindi.
25. Mid of people entering the Ram Temple complex
New Delhi – 31 May 2024
26. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh – 20 May 2024
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