India votes in last phase of massive, 6-week elections


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  • Saturday, 01 Jun 2024

A Sadhu or a Hindu holy man casts his vote inside a polling station during the seventh and last phase of India's general election in Varanasi, India, June 1, 2024. REUTERS/Priyanshu Singh

FIROZPUR/KOLKATA, India (Reuters) -Indians voted in searing summer heat on Saturday in the final phase of the world's biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term in a poll focussed on inequality and religion.

More than 100 million people are registered to vote for 57 seats across eight states and federal territories in the seventh phase of the election, including in Modi's constituency in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi.

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