In pics: Uttar Pradesh begins voting for its next chief minister

Muslim women come out from polling booth after casting their votes at Muradnagar. | AP

Indian voters crowd to check their names in electoral lists outside a polling booth in Bhangel | AP

Indians stand in a queue to cast their votes at Muradnagar |AP

An Indian woman has her finger marked with indelible ink before casting her vote at a polling station at Bhangel | AP

An Indian security guard watches men queuing to cast their votes at a polling station at Bhangel | AP

Indians stand in a queue to cast their votes at Muradnagar | AP

An elderly woman casts her vote at a polling station at Bhangel | AP

An Indian Hindu woman shows her finger marked with indelible ink after casting her vote at Bhangel | AP

An elderly Indian man shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote at Bhangel. | AP