2012-03-06 Photo gallery

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at his residence in Lucknow on Monday a day before the counting of votes for Uttar Pradesh elections. PTI Photo

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at a meeting with party leaders at his residence in Lucknow on Monday a day before the counting of votes for Uttar Pradesh elections. The party's UP chief Akhilesh Yadav (R) is also seen. PTI Photo

Akshay Raut, Director General, Election Commission of India, addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Monday. PTI Photo

PPCC chief Capt. Amarinder Singh being offered sweets by party workers at a function in Patiala on the eve of counting of votes for Punjab assembly polls on Monday. PTI Photo

Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav at a meeting with party leaders at his residence in Lucknow on Monday a day before the counting of votes for Uttar Pradesh elections. PTI Photo

An Indian labourer washes a statue of the Chief Minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati (L) and BSP founder Kashi Ram in Lucknow on March 4, 2012, after the conclusion of voting in state as...

In this photograph taken on February 23, 2012, India's Congress party General Secretary Rahul Gandhi (C) speaks to supporters during an election rally in Jewar, Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. India's ruling Congress party failed to make a breakthrou...

Shiromani Akali Dal, candidate for the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Bikram Singh Majithia (R) pays his respects at the Sikh Shrine Golden temple in Amritsar on March 5, 2012 . Results of the polls staged over five weeks in five states will be...

 In this photograph taken on February 23, 2012, Indian security personnel stand guard as supporters of the Congress Party wait for the arrival of Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Jewar, Greater Noida in Uttar Prade...

Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station in Davorlim village near Margao, India's resort state of Goa, on March 3, 2012. India's most populous state along with one of its smallest went to the polls March 3 in the final leg of lo...

A security officer stands guard outside a counting centre in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elections that are being seen as a test of strengt...

An election official shows an electronic voting machine to a polling agent during counting of votes in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elections t...

Workers count electronic voting machines meant for use in the Uttar Pradesh state elections, in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elections that are...

Samajwadi Party workers apply abir-gulal to a poster of party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav as they celebrate the success of their party in the UP assembly elections in Allahabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Samajwadi Party supporters dance as they celebrate the early leads of the party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elec...

A Samajwadi Party supporter throw dances amid smoke of bursting crackers as he celebrates the early leads of the party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav outside the party office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Ind...

 Samajwadi Party workers celebrate the success of their party in the UP assembly elections in Allahabad on Tuesday. PTI Photo

Samajwadi Party supporters exchange sweets as they celebrate the early leads of the party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav outside the party office in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began coun...

Akhilesh Yadav, general secretary of Samajwadi Party and son of the party President Mulayam Singh Yadav, smiles at the party office in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials counted votes Tuesday in crucial polls in...

Samajwadi Party supporters smear each others' faces with colored powder as they celebrate an early lead of the party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh state election in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five ...