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epa11286263 Indian polling officials with the sealed Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPAT vending machines (an independent printing system connected to the electronic voting machines) wait before their journey to the polling stations for the first phase of the 2024 Parliamentary or General elections in Jaipur, Rajasthan, 18 April 2024.General elections in India will be held over seven phases between 19 April and 01 June 2024 and results will be announced on 04 June 2024 for India's 545-member lower house of parliament, or Lok Sabha, which are held every five years in which about 968 million people are eligible to vote. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA EPA-EFE/RAJAT GUPTA