Uttar pradesh Assembly Election 2017, Phase 1

Voters standing in long queues to cast votes at a polling station during first phase of UP Assembly elections in Mathura.

An elderly woman arrives with her family in a polling station to cast their vote in Firozabad.

People stand in queue to cast their vote in Muzaffarnagar.

People stand in queue to cast their vote in Agra.

Burqa-clad voters wait in queues at a polling station to cast votes during the first phase of Assembly polls for Uttar Pradesh, in Firozabad.

Burqa-clad voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting votes at a polling station during the first phase of Assembly polls for Uttar Pradesh, in Agra.

Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan cast his vote in Muzaffarnagar.

People after casting their votes in Bulandshahr up polls 2017.

Polling underway in Aligarh up polls 2017.

People after casting their votes in Baghpat up polls 2017.

Polling underway in Shamli's Thana Bhawan up polls 2017.

Polling underway in Bishada, people cast their votes Dadri.

People queue up outside a polling station in Govardhan Voting to begin shortly up polls 2017 in Mathura.