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IN PHOTOS: The best from the last day of polling

May 12, 2014 15:56 IST

Brisk voting was recorded on Monday in most of the 41 constituencies in three states during last phase of Lok Sabha polls in which the spotlight is on the high-profile contest in Varanasi where a controversy broke out over the Congress candidate sporting the party symbol.

Over nine crore voters are expected to vote to seal the fate of 606 candidates, including Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal (both Varanasi) and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav (Azamgarh) in the ninth phase of polling in the states of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar.

Here are the glimpses from Voting Day.

Bollywood's sister duo Raima and Riya Sen, flaunt their inked fingers after they cast their vote from south Kolkata's upmarket Ballygunge constituency on Monday. Their mother, yesteryear starlet Moon Moon Sen, is contesting the election on a Trinamool Congress constituency from Bankura.

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The best from the last day of polling

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Actress Rituparna Sengupta poses shows her inked finger after she cast her vote from Kolkata's Lake Gardens constituency on Monday. 

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The best from the last day of polling

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People queue-up to cast their vote at a polling booth during the last phase of polling Kolkata.

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Voters look at a placard displaying election symbols of various political parties as they wait to cast their vote at a polling station in the final phase of the general election in Varanasi.

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Sadhus flaunt their inked fingers and voters' identity cards after casting their votes for the last phase of Lok Sabha elections in Varanasi on Monday.

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Voters standing in the queue to cast their votes at a polling booth in Varanasi.

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Chinese-origin couple showing their voter ID cards outside a polling booth at Chinatown in Kolkata during last phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday.

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First time voters showing the ink marks after casting their votes for the Lok Sabha elections in Kolkata.

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