(3 Jun 2024)
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New Delhi – 31 May 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
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“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. The country has a first past-the-post electoral system, which means the candidate who receives the most votes wins. Nearly 970 million were eligible to vote. Official data shows that the turnout so far has been around 65%. 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.”
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New Delhi – 29 May 2024
2. People walking in front of India’s Presidential palace under heat haze
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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”
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Dharamshala, India – 1 June 2024
5. Mid of unsealing of voting unit by poll officials
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Kolkata, West Bengal – 30 May 2024
6. Drummers beating drums, woman performing traditional dance in an election campaign
7. Wide of supporters of Trinamool Congress party gathering
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Malappuram, Kerala – 23 April 2024
8. Mid of drummers beating drums for Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) only Muslim candidate M. Abdul Salam as he campaigns
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Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh – 1 June 2024
9. Top angle of people waiting in queue to cast their vote at a polling station
10. Hindu women showing their inked fingers after voting
11. Muslim women showing their inked fingers after voting
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Kolkata, India – 1 June 2024
12. Woman walking towards voting compartment to vote
13. Close of election official applying indelible ink on voter’s finger
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New Delhi – 31 May 2024
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press:
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“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. Since 2014, Modi has consolidated votes amongst India’s Hindu majority population on a platform of Hindu Nationalism and economic development. Now, as he seeks a third straight term, experts say this election is a referendum on Modi’s decade in power – and will test the limits of his popularity.”
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New Delhi – 14 April 2024
15. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders showing party manifesto
16. Modi being welcomed by President of Bharatiya Janata Party JP Nadda with flowers
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New Delhi – 31 March 2024
17. Various of rally by INDIA alliance (opposition bloc)
18. Mid of Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on stage addressing supporters
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Gandhinagar, Gujarat -1 April 2024
19. Tilt of a Modi banner that reads in Hindi (This time we will pass 400 seats)
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Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh – 20 May 2024
20. Man puts colored powder stamp on woman’s forehead, reading ‘Victory to Lord Ram’ or ‘Jai Shree Ram’ in Hindi.
21. Mid of people entering the Ram Temple complex
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