First phase of 2019 Lok Sabha elections decoded

The first phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections kicked off on Thursday with over 14 crore eligible voters flocking to polling booths across 20 states and Union territories to cast their ballots in 91 constituencies. The mega exercise is the beginning of what will be the world's biggest democracy going out to vote to choose between Narendra Modi for a second term and Congress and a bunch of regional parties on the other side.

Violence, deaths, vandalism and EVM malfunctioning marred the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 11. While 2 people died in a TDP versus YSR Congress clash in Andhra Pradesh, another BJP leader in Uttar Pradesh died after a cardiac arrest during campaigning.