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Phase 5 of India election held in Gandhi bastions, Ladakh, Ram Temple town

A Muslim woman displays the ink mark on her finger after casting her vote at a polling station in Mumbai [Rajanish Kakade/AP]

Indians have voted in the fifth phase of a mammoth general election, the world’s largest with nearly 970 million eligible voters, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a rare third term.

Monday’s phase had the fewest constituencies going to the polls with 89.5 million voters eligible to vote for 49 seats in the lower house of parliament across six states and two union territories.

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