Voter turnout in J&K and Jharkhand polls

Young girls holding their voter cards as they wait in a long queue to cast their votes during first phase of Assembly elections, at a polling station at Sumbal in Bandipora district on Tuesday.

People wait in queues to cast their votes for Assembly elections at a polling station in a village in Bhaderwah on Tuesday.

People wait to cast their votes for Assembly elections at a polling station in Sari Dangerpora in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. 15 assembly segments went to polling in the first phase of elections in the state.

People brave the cold to cast their votes for Assembly elections at a polling station in Sari Dangerpora in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. 15 assembly segments went to polling in the first phase of elections in the state.

Women display their inked fingers after casting their votes at a polling station in Bhaderwah in Jammu on Tuesday.

People wait to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections in Latehar on Tuesday.

Women voters show their identity cards at a polling station during the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections in Latehar on Tuesday.

Women show their identity cards at a polling station during the first phase of Jharkhand Assembly elections in Maoist-hit Latehar district on Tuesday.

A security person inspects identity cards of voters as they wait to cast their votes for Assembly Elections at a polling station in Daltonganj in Jharkhand on Tuesday.