India goes to poll in forth phase of general election

More than 127 million people are eligible to vote as the fourth phase of India’s election gets under way in nine states.

Many of the constitutions for the election are in Uttar Pradesh state in the north and Maharashtra in the west.

Uttar Pradesh elects most members of parliament with Maharashtra next and both states are ruled by the prime minister’s party.

Prime minister Narendra Modi’s coalition won more than 75 per cent of the seat in the previous election in 2014.