(ANSA) - ROMA, 18 APR - epa11286261 Indian polling officials
with the sealed Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and VVPAT
vending machines (an independent printing system connected to
the electronic voting machines) wait before their journey to the
polling stations for the first phase of the 2024 Parliamentary
or General elections in Jaipur, Rajasthan, 18 April 2024.General
elections in India will be held over seven phases between 19
April and 01 June 2024 and results will be announced on 04 June
2024 for India's 545-member lower house of parliament, or Lok
Sabha, which are held every five years in which about 968
million people are eligible to vote.