Elections 2019: India's 100-year-old voters

Election Commission recently felicitated centenary voters of the country in an event 'Shatayu Samman' in Ahmedabad. The senior voters had a practice run at the event, with dummy EVMs ahead of the poll

Apr 12, 2019, 14:40 IST1 min

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Centenary voters arrive to participate in 'Shatayu Samman' in Ahmedabad. In the first phase of the general elections 2019, people came out in large numbers to cast their votes.

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An Indian centenary voter (L) tries a dummy voting machine after she participated in 'Shatayu Samman' in Ahmedabad.

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A large gathering of Indian centenary voters participate in 'Shatayu Samman' in Ahmedabad. Incidentally, the centenary voters are also the first voters of the independent India.

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Indian centenary at the 'Shatayu Samman', an event for the centenary voters, in Ahmedabad.

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