April 3, 2016 8:21 PM

printer

1st phase of assembly polls for 65 constituencies in Assam to be held tomorrow

First phase of assembly elections in Assam will be held tomorrow in 65 constituencies spread over eastern, northern and southern parts of the state. Polling will begin at 7 AM and go on till 5 PM. A total of 539 candidates are in the fray, including 43 women. Out of the 65 constituencies, ten have been reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates and three have been reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. More than 95 lakh voters will decide the fate of prominent candidates like Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal. Congress has fielded a total of 65 candidates, BJP has fielded 52, and AIUDF has fielded 27. Our correspondent reports polling for this phase will be conducted in over 12000 polling booths.AIR correspondent reports, the polling material has been dispatched and all the polling parties will reach their destination by tonight. A total of 616 polling parties had already left for remote polling stations yesterday.Around 433 companies of Central Armed Police Forces and 102 companies of State Armed Police Force have been deployed to ensure smooth polling tomorrow. A total of 539 polling stations will have webcasting facility and 454 have been installed with static video cameras. Besides, 78 polling stations will be manned by women polling officers.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.