In pictures: India's final polling day

1 of 9 A woman said to be 108 years old is carried to a polling station in Delhi by Congress Party workers on Monday, the final day of voting in the general election

2 of 9 Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam gestures to the press after voting in Delhi. Officials say the overall turnout of 55-58% is lower than previous polls.

3 of 9 Muslim women check voter lists in Doda, Indian-administered Kashmir. The disputed region has seen sporadic election violence - on Monday there were two more attacks but no casualties.

4 of 9 A bull muscles its way into the election campaign, startling one voter in Dundahera, near Delhi.

5 of 9 Priyanka Gandhi and her mother, Sonia, the Congress Party leader, vote in Delhi. Congress is making confident noises ahead of the results.

6 of 9 Yaqub Khan uses an inhaler to ease his breathing. Yaqub, 62, struggled to the polling station in Bhopal to exercise his right to vote even though as a victim of 1984's Union Carbide gas disaster he feels let down by politicians.

7 of 9 Voters queue up in the remote Himalayan region of Ladakh, which saw a good turnout - bucking the trend of much of the rest of Indian-administered Kashmir.

8 of 9 A woman carries her child to a booth in Bantala, 20km south of Calcutta. West Bengal, a communist bastion, saw three election deaths on Monday.

9 of 9 Finally, ballot boxes are sealed and stored. They will be opened again on Thursday, the votes will be counted and the results announced the same day.