Threat of violence sees Kashmir vote in small numbers
Kashmir elects only six members for the 543-member strong Parliament, but voting there will take place over several days due to security concerns.
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A polling officer marks the finger of a Kashmiri woman with indelible ink inside a polling station in Bragpora, some 65 kilometers south of Srinagar. Kashmir elects only six members for the 543-member strong Parliament, but voting there will take place over several days due to security concerns.
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Kashmir's National Conference party leader Farooq Abdullah, shakes hand with his supporters at an election campaign rally in Chadoora, outskirts of Srinagar. India's multiphase voting runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of Parliament expected on May 16, 2014
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A Paramilitary trooper stands guard near the vicinity of a gunfight between suspected militants and Indian troops in the outskirts of Srinagar on April 14, 2014. Militants have tried repeatedly to derail the ongoing elections by carrying out deadly attacks on village elders
