Purba Medinipur: An elderly voter shows his identity card after casting his vote at a polling booth in Nandigram Assembly constituency during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal. (IANS)
West Bengal: An elderly voter shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (IANS)
Murshidabad: An old woman shows her ink-marked finger during voting in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at a polling station in Murshidabad district on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Birbhum: An old man shows his ink-marked finger during voting in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at a polling station at Papuri in the Birbhum district on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Birbhum: A woman shows her ink-marked finger during voting in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at a polling station at Papuri in the Birbhum district on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Birbhum: Women voters display their ink-marked fingers after casting their votes during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at Papuri in Birbhum district on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Murshidabad: A polling officer marks a woman's finger with ink after she casts her vote during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at Nawab Bahadur’s Institution (Lalbagh) in Murshidabad on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS/PIB)
West Bengal: Indo-Tibetan Border Police personnel assist an elderly and vulnerable voter at a polling booth during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS/X/@ITBP_official)
Jalpaiguri: Asian Games gold-medallist and Trinamool Congress candidate from Rajganj Assembly constituency Swapna Barman shows a victory sign after casting her vote during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections in Jalpaiguri on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS)
Murshidabad: A specially-abled woman is carried in someone’s arms to a polling station to cast her vote during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections 2026, in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (IANS)
Birbhum: A teenager shows her voter ID after casting her vote in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections at a polling station in the Birbhum district on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Photo: IANS)