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Assam: Voting for DAC election ends peacefully

<span style="color: #222222;">In Assam, voting for the Deori Autonomous Council (DAC) election ended peacefully on Tuesday, with around 80 per cent voter turnout.<br />''<br />''The DAC election was held for all 22 constituencies spread across six districts and four sub-divisions to decide the fate of 75 candidates.<br />''<br />''No untoward incident was reported, and no request for re-poll from any part of the state has been received by the State Election Commission.<br />''<br />''Voting had concluded at 4 pm in all the 93 polling stations, but reports are still being compiled, which could lead to variation in the final turnout figure.<br />''<br />''According to an official statement issued by the Assam State Election Commission, out of 75 candidates, 18 candidates are from BJP, 4 are from BJP's ally party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), 14 are from Congress, seven are from AAP, two from Raijor Dal, one from Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and 29 independent candidates.<br />''<br />''These districts and sub-divisions are Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Majuli, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sadiya, Margherita, Jonai, and Gohpur. The total number of voters in 22 constituencies is 43,595.<br />''<br />''The counting of votes will be done on the 10th of November.</span>

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