India takes part in fifth and final phase of general election

12 May 2009: Election commission officials carry Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to a polling booth at a tribal village in Kaza, located in the district of Lahaul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh, on the eve of the final phase of Indian general elections Photograph: Anil Dayal/AFP/Getty Images

12 May 2009: An Indian election official carries an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) from a distribution centre in Amritsar on the eve of the final phase of polling in India's election process Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images

Thiksey, India: Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard as a Ladakhi woman waits to cast her vote in the last phase of the Indian general elections in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, northern India Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images

Kolkata, India: An Indian security guard guides voters to a polling station before they cast their vote on the final phase of the Indian parliamentary elections Photograph: Piyal Adhikary/EPA

Hosur, Tamilnadu: An Indian girl plays with a flower as she waits with her parents in a queue at a polling station Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA

Hosur, Tamilnadu: An Indian Muslim woman walks in front of the map of India while carrying her son, on her way to cast her vote at a polling station Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA

Thiksey, India: Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard as a Ladakhi monk arrives to cast his vote in Thiksey, in the Ladakh parliamentary constituency of the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir during the last phase of the Indian elections Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images

Hosur, Tamilnadu: Indian people queue to cast their votes during the Indian general elections in Hosur Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA

Kashmir, India: Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard as a Kashmiri Muslim woman leaves after casting her vote during the final phase of India's general elections in Handwara Baramulla some 70km north of Srinagar Photograph: Farooq Khan/EPA

Dharmapuri district, Tamilnadu: Indian voter Muniyamma shows her ink-marked finger after casting her vote Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA

Thiksey, India: A Ladakhi voter shows the ink mark after casting his vote in the northern Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir Photograph: Manpreet Romana/AFP/Getty Images