Meghalaya Polls: People turn up to vote in 59 constituencies
Voting is being held in 59 seats of the 60-member Assembly as the election in Williamnagar in East Garo Hills district has been postponed, following the killing of NCP candidate Jonathane N Sangma in an IED blast on February 18.
Khasi tribal girl Indari Thabah, 20, who voted for the first time shows her ink mark outside a polling station during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
Polling started at 7 am and no incidents of violence was reported from anywhere in Meghalaya, the CEO said. | AP
Khasi tribal women stand in queue to cast their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
People stand in a queue to cast their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
Khasi tribal women return home after casting their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A polling official marks ink on the finger of a voter during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A Khasi tribal woman with her children comes out of a polling station after casting her vote during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
Khasi tribal women with their children wait for others after casting their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A security person walks past as voters stand in queue to cast their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A Khasi tribal woman helps her husband on a wheel chair to cast his vote inside a polling station during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A Khasi tribal woman carrying her daughter walks as other sit outside a Church after casting their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
An elderly Indian Khasi tribal woman arrives to cast her vote as others stand in a queue outside a polling station during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A Khasi tribal woman comes out from a polling station after casting her vote during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
Khasi tribal women carrying their children on their back stand in queue to cast their votes during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
A security person demonstrates to a voter standing in queue how to cast vote on a model of an electronic voting machine displayed outside a polling station during the Meghalaya state assembly election in Nongpoh. | AP
Khasi tribal people stand in queue to cast their votes at a polling station during the Meghalaya state assembly elections in Nongpoh. | AP
