Photogallery: India preps for last phase of Lok Sabha election 2019

Campaigning in the bitterly-fought high-stakes Lok Sabha elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a second-term, came to an end on Friday. The polling will be held in 59 constituencies spread over six states and one union territory on May 19, the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019. 

 

Security beefed up in Patna, Biharm ahead of the seventh phase of 2019 Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: IANS)

Over 10.01 lakh voters, eligible to exercise their franchise in the last round of voting, wil decide the fate of 918 candidates on May 19. Polling will be held on Sunday in the seventh phase in all 13 seats in Punjab, as many seats in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal, eight seats each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and the lone seat Chandigarh.  

Workers carry VVPAT and EVM machines as they leave for polling booths from a distribution center ahead of the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Bihar's Patna on Saturday, May 18. (PTI Photo)  

Visuals of polling parties at an EVM distribution centre in Punjab's Bhatinda (ANI Photo)

Security personnel stand guard ahead of polling for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Punjab's Amritsar. (PTI Photo) 

Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel along with local police conduct confidence building march ahead of the final phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Sikarhatta of Bihar's Bhojpur, on May 17, 2019. (Photo: IANS/ITBP)

Polling officials collect Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and other required belongings for the last phase of Lok Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi on Friday. (ANI Photo)

CRPF jawans conduct a route march ahead of the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections, in West Bengal's Kolkata. (PTI Photo)

Preparations for the final phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections underway in West Bengal's Sundarbans. Election officials in West Bengal are gearing up for an altogether different kind of battle with boats, HAM radios and power generating equipment.