A student Special Police Officer on duty observes voters at a polling booth in Katari Bagh near the Naval Base, Kochi. The Kerala Assembly polls are being held in a single phase. Photo: H.Vibhu
Kani tribals from the Puravimala settlement colony arrive by boat to cast their votes at Amboori in the Parassala Assembly constituency. Photo: S.Gopakumar
A differently-abled voter arrives at Bhagavathivilasom School, Vypeen, to cast his vote. Photo: H.Vibhu
Help desks have been set up by the Election Commission at polling booths to assist the voters. Citizens throng one such desk in Neyyatinkara Assembly constituency. Photo: S. Gopakumar
Nuns line up at a polling booth in St.Mary's Convent Girls Higher Secondary School, Ernakulam. Photo: H.Vibhu
Citizens queue up to cast their vote at a poling booth in St Antonys LPS, Kochuthura, in the Kovalam constituency. Photo: S. Gopakumar
Police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police travel to a polling booth in the water-logged Kainakary region. Categorized as the most sensitive region in the Alappuzha district, a 100-strong armed police contingent from Maharashtra has being posted exclusively for this region. Photo: Dennis Marcus Mathew
A voter takes a time-out from the queue at a polling booth in Ramankary of Kuttanad in Alappuzha. Photo: Dennis Marcus Mathew
A voter comes out of a polling booth, categorised as sensitive andgiven special police protection, near Edathua, Kuttanad in Alappuzha. Photo: Dennis Marcus Mathew
An elderly voter, who fainted while standing in queue at a pollingbooth in Ambalapuzha of Alappuzha is taken to a hospital. Photo: Dennis Marcus Mathew