In Pics: Glimpses from Bihar as state votes in Phase 1 of elections, 60.18% turnout

The battle for Bihar kicked off today with voting beginning for phase one of the two-phase election saw 121 assembly seats in 18 districts going to polls. Amid random incidents of violence, 60.18 per cent of 3.75 crore voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm. Check out some pictures from Phase 1 of Bihar Election.

Voters wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

A security official keeps vigil as voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

People show their identity cards as they arrive to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

Security personnel stand guard as voters wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

Voters wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections at Bakhtiarpur in Patna.

A security official keeps vigil as voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

People show their credentials as they wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

A security official keeps vigil as voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

A security official keeps vigil as voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

People carry an elderly man on a cot to a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections at Danapur in Patna.

Voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting votes during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

Voters wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections in Patna.

Voters on board a ferry to cross the Ganga river before casting their votes during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections at Danapur in Patna.

Voters wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections at Danapur in Patna.

People raised slogans after Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha alleged an attack on his convoy by RJD supporters amid voting in the first phase of the state Assembly elections in Lakhisarai, Bihar.