India Comes Out to Vote in 6th Phase of Lok Sabha Elections

Priyanka Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal and Pragya Thakur.

(Photo: PTI/Altered by The Quint)

Sixty constituencies, spread across eight states, voted in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, 12 May. Among the 60 constituencies were the seven seats of Delhi, which saw high-profile leaders across political parties come out and vote.

Voting began at 7 am and went on till 6 pm.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, President Ram Nath Kovind, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were among the leaders to cast their vote.

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections in New Delhi.

An elderly couple leaves the polling booth after casting votes for the sixth phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in West Delhi.

Cricketer Virat Kohli shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote in Gurugram.

Social workers assist wheelchair-assisted voters as they arrive at a polling station in Prayagraj.

First-time voters show their finger marked with indelible ink in Bhopal.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi show his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi on 12 May.

Aam Aadmi Party’s East Delhi candidate Atishi shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote in New Delhi.

President Ram Nath Kovind voted at Rajendra Prasad Sarvodaya Vidyalaya within the Rashtrapati Bhavan complex in New Delhi.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and his family members show their finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections at Greater Kailash in New Delhi.

BJP candidate from Chandni Chowk, Harsh Vardhan, his wife Nutan Goel and family members vote in New Delhi.

Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, accompanied by former Delhi CM Sheila Dixit, shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi.

Former President Pranab Mukherjee leaves after casting his vote at a polling station in K Kamraj Lane, during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi on 12 May. Mukherjee didn’t vote in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls to affirm the view that the President’s post should be seen as neutral.

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj, after casting her vote for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, at a polling station at Aurangzeb Lane in New Delhi on 12 May.

Hindu monks stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on 12 May. 

Bhavani Singh, a transgender candidate, talks to voters standing in queue at a polling station in Prayagraj, on 12 May. 

A voter shows her finger marked with indelible ink at a polling station during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls, at Zakir Nagar in New Delhi on 12 May.

People wait in a queue to cast their vote during the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Sultanpur, on 12 May.