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Over 100 million Indians vote in final phase of elections

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India voted today in the final phase of a long-drawn general election, held in record summer heat in many parts, as both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his challengers said they would win the polls centred mostly on inequality and religion.

The seven-phase vote, in which nearly a billion people were eligible to cast their ballots, began on 19 April and will end with polling in the last 57 seats - including in Mr Modi's constituency in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi.

Mr Modi is seeking a rare, third straight term as prime minister as his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party battles an opposition alliance of two dozen parties led by the Congress and is widely expected to win a majority. Nearly two dozen election officials died of suspected heatstroke in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh ahead of the vote yesterday, authorities said.

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