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A grenade attack on a polling booth in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, violence in West Bengal and snags in EVMs were reported as voters queued up outside booths in the initial hours of polling on Monday for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in 51 constituencies spread across seven states. (Express photo: Sonakshi Awasthi)
There were reports of glitches in electronic voting machines from parts of Uttar Pradesh. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Voters queue up to cast their votes in Ayodhya's Faizabad during the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Re-polling was also done at five polling booths in three districts of Andhra Pradesh. The re-poll has been ordered in view of technical glitches in electronic voting machines in these polling booths. (Express photo: Vishal Srivastav)
Several important leaders, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Union minister Smriti Irani, were in the fray in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections. (PTI)
In Amethi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi faces a stiff challenge from BJP’s Smriti Irani, who brought down his victory margin to just over a lakh in the 2014 elections (PTI)
With this phase, election will be over in 424 seats and polling in the remaining 118 seats will be held on May 12 and 19. (Express photo: Sonakshi Awasthi)
Election to 542 Lok Sabha seats is being conducted in seven phases between April 11 and May 19. (PTI)
