An elderly man receives assistance from polling officials in Naxal-hit Gadchiroli 

A voter is brought to the voting centre in Sindhudurg

The Election Commission has applauded 67-year-old Indumati Shirsat, a resident of Kamgar Nagar, Kurla, for casting her vote in the midst of her battle with cancer. Shirsat, using a walker, was the first to vote at her polling station

A paramilitary personnel posted in Gadchiroli assists an elderly man with crutches at the polling centre

Polling officials set up a nursery at a voting centre in Pune, where children are engrossed in playing with toys while their mothers exercise their democratic right

A long queue of voters wait outside a classroom in Raigad

Members of the transgender community exercise their democratic right in Dhule 

Phulmati Binod Sarkar, aged 111, was felicitated by the administration at the voting centre in Govindpur, Gadchiroli. If Sarkar can cast her vote despite her ripe age, what is stopping you from exercising your franchise? There are two more hours left before polling closes

A 'green' polling camp set up in Bhandara

Another elderly man is assisted by a polling duty personnel in Gadchiroli. Tight security has been deployed at voting centres across Gadchiroli to prevent any untoward incidents

Voters queue up outside a polling booth in Nagpur

Centenarian freedom fighter GG Parikh shows his ink-marked finger after casting vote in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections

Voters wait to perform their democratic duty in Ghatkopar

Although they are too young to vote, these school students urge their fellow Mumbaikars to step out and cast their ballots in Lalbaug

Personnel deployed on poll duty make their way through a rough terrain in Pune to set up voting machines on Tuesday  

Voters check their names on the electoral list in Nagpur

Ninety-three-year-old Aruna Chitale shows her inked finger after casting her vote in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections in Nagpur. Chitale was jailed for a month during the Emergency in 1975, when citizens lost their fundamental rights

Transgenders show their voting IDs in Nagpur 

An elderly lady casts her vote in Mumbai