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President Kovind, wife cast vote in Delhi

New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind cast their ballot on Sunday as Delhi went to polls in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections

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President Ram Nath Kovind casts his vote at a polling booth in Rashtrapati Bhavan

New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind cast their ballot on Sunday as Delhi went to polls in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections.
Kovind, along with the First Lady, went to polling booth number ten in Rashtrapati Bhavan premises this morning to exercise their franchise.
Polling is being held for 59 Lok Sabha seats today to decide the fate of as many as 979 candidates.
While the seven seats in the national capital are at stake, voting is taking place in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, 8 each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, and 4 in Jharkhand.
The prominent among those in the fray are former chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Sonepat in Haryana and Sheila Dikshit from North-East Delhi.
While former Union minister and RJD veteran Raghuvansh Prasad Singh is in the race from Vaishali in Bihar, Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia is contesting from Guna in Madhya Pradesh.
The seventh and last phase of elections will be held on May 19 and counting of votes will take place on May 23. (ANI)

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