With a turnout of 64.22% in the first phase of the Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh has improved on its 2012 polling percentage by three per cent.
First-time voters after casting their vote at the Rajinder Nagar polling booth during the Phase 1 of U.P. election, which marks the beginning of seven phases of election in the State, in Ghaziabad on Saturday.
A handicapped voter leaves after casting her vote at the Rajinder Nagar Polling Booth, in Ghaziabad on Saturday. Out of 403 seats, votes would be cast in 73 Constituences during the Phase 1 polls.
Jats hold the Rashtriya Lok Dal Party flag at Lisadh village, in Shamli district, which was the centre point of the Muzafarnagar 2013 Riots, during first phase of the Assembly election, in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.
An elderly voter is helped at a polling station to cast vote, in Firozabad on Saturday.
Voters exercise their franchise at Fugga village, in Muzaffirnagar district.
Officials seal electronic voting machines after completion of the first phase of U.P. Assembly election, in Mathura on Saturday.