Fifth phase of polling underway

A lady shows her inked finger after casting her vote for the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2014 in Bihar. (IE Photo: Alok Jain)

An old man is being taken by other villagers to the polling booth in a constituency in Bihar. (IE Photo: Alok Jain)

People stand in a queue to cast their vote for the ongoing Lok Sabha Elections 2014 in Bihar. (IE Photo: Alok Jain)

women: Women stand in a queue to cast their vote in Pataliputra constituency in Bihar on Thursday. (IE Photo: Ravi S Sahani)

Villagers stand in a queue to cast their vote in Pataliputra constituency in Bihar on Thursday. (IE Photo: Ravi S Sahani)

Moderate to brisk voting was on Thursday recorded in the first five hours of polling across 12 states covering 121 constituencies in the fifth phase.
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and his wife show ink marked finger after casting their vote for Lok Sabha election in Ranchi on Thursday. (PTI)

Catholic nuns stand in a queue to cast their votes in Ranchi, Jharkhand on Thursday.
The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of Parliament announced May 16. (AP)

Women voters flaunt their inked fingers after casting their vote in Moradabad on Thursday. (PTI)

Muslim women show ink marked finger after casting their vote for Lok Sabha election in Moradabad, UP on Thursday. (PTI)

Voters stand in queue to cast their vote for Lok Sabha elections in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. (PTI)

Voters stand in queue to cast their vote in Moradabad on Thursday. (PTI)

Voters stand in queue to cast their vote for Lok Sabha elections in Moradabad on Thursday. (PTI)

A security person stands guard as voters stand in queues to cast their vote for Lok Sabha elections in Moradabad on Thursday. (PTI)

An election official distributes roses to Catholic Nuns during fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Ranchi, Jharkhand on Thursday. (PTI)

Women voters show their ink marked fingers after casting votes for Lok Sabha elections in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. (PTI)

An elderly voter shows his inked finger after casting his votes in Hiranagar near the international border in Kathua on Thursday. (PTI)

A voter gets his finger inked while casting his vote for Lok Sabha elections in Bikaner on Thursday. (PTI)

Women voters show their inked fingers after casting votes for Lok Sabha polls in Moradabad on Thursday. (PTI)