Polling today for third and final phase in Assam Assembly polls ANI | Updated: Apr 06, 2021 07:31 IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Polling for the third and final phase of the tea-garden state of Assam began on Tuesday morning with security arrangements in place.
To boost the morale, Mekhela Chadors (a popular Assamese saree) have been given to women polling personnel in Goalpara. Special counters for the convenience of women polling personnel set up in Goalpara; training and confidence-building conducted. To boost morale, Mekhela Chadors given to all 160 women polling personnel. #AssamAssemblyPolls #assemblyelection2021, tweeted the Election Commission of India.
As many as 320 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) companies have been deployed to ensure a free and fair election in the state.
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Heavy polling in Assam
April 06, 2021
Assam recorded more than 78.94 per cent turnout till 5 pm in the 40 constituencies that went to polling booths in the third final phase of the Assembly elections. According to the Election Commission, the voting was peaceful except for minor incidents of violence in some areas.
“Peaceful polling underway in third and last phase of Assam Assembly Election across 40 Assembly Constituencies,” the Election Commission s spokesperson tweeted.
Assam had witnessed a record turnout of voters at 84.72 per cent in 2016. The State is expected to witness a similar turnout in this election, too. The first and second phases witnessed more than 72 and 76 per cent of polling respectively.
Assembly elections 2021: Stage set for busiest election day; voting in all poll-bound states on April 6
TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Updated: Apr 5, 2021, 18:01 IST
(L-R) Mamata Banerjee, Edappadi K Palaniswami, Pinarayi Vijayan and Sarbananda Sonowal
NEW DELHI: The stage is set for the busiest day of the ongoing election season with all the five states/UT West Bengal, Kerala, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry going to polls on April 6.
The polling will be held in a single-phase in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry while Assam will witness its third and final round of voting on Tuesday. In Bengal, this will be the third round in the eight-phase elections ending April 29.
Battleground Assam: Key constituencies to look out for in the last phase
Battleground Assam: Key constituencies to look out for in the last phase
By Kumar Gaurav
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 5 (ANI): Assam is all set to go into the last phase of polling on Tuesday. This phase will decide the fate of 337 candidates across 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state, including the senior minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Hemanta Biswa Sarma in the Jalukbari constituency.
There are a total of 12 female candidates and 325 male candidates in the fray, whose fates will be decided by 79,19,641 general electors in the third phase. Of these, 40,11,539 are males, 39,07,963 females and 139 are other genders. There are also 24,460 are service voters.