Polling officers, left to right, Neke W Konyak, 29, Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, and Nukutholu Nienu, 44, prepare election related paperwork on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A policeman looks at election posters at a polling station on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers, left to right, Dekule Kapfo, 34, Neke W Konyak, 29, Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, and Nukutholu Nienu, 44, prepare election related paperwork on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A police officer speaks with polling officer Neke W Konyak, 29, after loading electronic voting machine and other related election material, before proceeding towards their polling station in Kohima, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, and Nukutholu Nienu, 44, discuss inside a classroom on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Angami Nagas laugh as an elderly man reacts to the camera at a polling station in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers, left to right, Neke W Konyak, 29, Dekule Kapfo, 34, and Nukutholu Nienu, 44, make their beds on a concrete floor, on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Kumar Ramnikant, Deputy Commissioner of Kohima district, centre, speaks with polling officers during distribution of election related material in Kohima, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, left, and Nukutholu Nienu, 44, prepare election related paperwork on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A meal of meat and lentils cook over an open fire, meant for polling officers on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Presiding Officer Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, carries an electronic voting machine and proceeds towards her polling station on the eve of polls in Kohima, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
A polling 👮♀️ applies indelible ink on the finger of a voter at a polling station in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, left, and Neke W Konyak, 29, put up election posters at their assigned polling station on the eve of polls in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers, left to right, Dekule Kapfo, 34, Nukutholu Nienu, 44, and Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, oversee a polling station as voters arrive to cast their votes in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Zhoto Khamo oversees paperwork prepared by polling officer Neke W Konyak, 29, on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Eholi Jimi, 35, laughs as she watches polling officers eat a meal prepared by her in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Angami Nagas stand in queues to cast their votes in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Policewoman Alen Kiba, 34, speaks on the phone as Eholi Jimi, 35, prepares a meal for polling officers in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
People rest outside a polling station on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Polling officers Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, right, and Neke W Konyak, 29, secure the perimeter around their assigned polling station on the eve of polls in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Angami Nagas stand in a queue to cast their votes in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Presiding officer Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, background, oversees a polling station as voters arrive to cast their votes in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
Naga women arrive to cast their votes in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)
An elderly Angami Naga woman displays the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Friday, April 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Yirmiyan Arthur)