In photos: UP’s Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar go to polls in first phase voting

A young man carrying a senior citizen to cast his vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

The first phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections begins Thursday, with a total of 91 Lok Sabha constituencies going to polls. According to Election Commission report in early phase 1 voting, 25.60 per cent polling was recorded in Saharanpur; 24 per cent in Kairana; 26.4 per cent in Muzaffarnagar; 25.10 per cent in Bijnor; 21.80 per cent in Meerut; 25 per cent in Baghpat; 22.40 per cent in Ghaziabad and 24.24 per cent in Gautam Buddh Nagar.

ThePrint brings images from Bijnor and Muzaffarnagar constituencies.

Every vote counts

A group of Muslim men in Didahadi village in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh cast their vote for 2019 Lok Sabha elections | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

My chance will come

Residents of Muzaffarnagar stand in a queue to cast their vote | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Here’s the proof

A woman poses for a picture outside polling booth in a village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh | Praveen Jain | ThePrinta

No pakoda politics here

Women in Dudha Hardi village in Muzaffarnagar frying onion fritters outside the polling booth | Praveen Jain/ThePrint

Time to vote

A group of Muslim women on their way to polling booth to cast their vote in Nawala village in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh | Praveen Jain | ThePrint

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