New Delhi

People across India in 102 constituencies voted to choose their representatives to the Lok Sabha in the first phase of the General Elections on Friday.

Pictures below capture the spirit and celebration of democracy:

First-time Voters in Dibrugarh, Assam showing their fingermark 

A woman walking to the election booth in Meghalaya

 Voters waiting in serpentine queue in Car Nicobar Islands

A Newly married couple showing their finger mark after voting in Udhampur-Doda constituency

Two Nicobarese men showing their finger marks after casting their vote 

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and his wife Kanchan Gadkari outside a polling booth in Nagpur

A Woman in Sivasagar, Assam, shows her finger mark after casting her vote

Men and women in Aurangabad brimming with pride after casting their vote

A Monk shows off his finger mark in Dibrugarh, Assam

People waiting in the rain to cast their votes in Arunachal Pradesh