Photos: Electors cast votes in first phase of UP polls

People wait at a polling station to cast votes, during the first phase of UP assembly elections, in Ghaziabad. (PTI photo)

A woman casts her vote at a polling station, during the first phase of UP assembly elections, in Dadri. (Photo: PTI)

Cards made by children of Millennium School at Noida Sector 119 are being given as a thank you gesture to voters at the model booth set up at the school. TOI photo

People in the queue to cast their votes, at a model booth in Noida Sector 119.

Burqa-clad women show their inked fingers after casting votes at a polling station, during the first phase of UP polls, in Meerut. (PTI photo)

People wait in long queues at a polling station to cast votes, during the first phase of UP elections, in Meerut. (PTI photo)

A woman on election duty with her 2-year old son in Dadri

Voters queue up to cast their ballots inside KingWood public school, Bulandshahr. (TOI photo by Sagrika)

Gautam Budh Nagar district election officer Suhas LY casts his vote at Cambridge School Noida. He urges voters to go out and vote.

Pink booths have been set to boost the polling percentage on the eve of the UP election, in Noida. (ANI photo)

A woman gets her finger inked before casting vote at a polling station, during the first phase of UP elections, in Dadri. (PTI photo)

SP-RLD candidate from Loni, Madan Bhaiya casts his vote. TOI photo by Aditya

A security personnel guards as people wait in long queues at a polling station to cast votes, during the first phase of UP assembly polls, in Meerut. (PTI photo)

A man shows his inked finger after casting vote at a polling station, during the first phase of UP assembly elections, in Dadri. (Photo: PTI)

people get their hands sanitized as they arrive at a polling station to cast votes, during the first phase of UP assembly polls, in Ghaziabad. (Photo: PTI)