In Assam, heavy polling has been recorded in the second and final phase of elections today. Over 70 per cent of electorates cast their votes in the polling held in 64 Assembly constituencies spread over 14 districts in lower Assam and the Bodo belt. Chief Electoral Officer of the State Hemanta Narzary said an estimated 70.35 per cent electorates exercised their franchise in today’s polling. Narzary said the poll percentage may further go up as reports from some remote areas are yet to come in. In the first phase of polling on the 4th of this month, voting took place in 62 constituencies. The polling today passed off peacefully barring a few stray incidents in some voting centres at Rangiya, Morigaon and Jaleswar. Police had to open fire there to control groups indulging in violence.AIR Correspondent reports that political fortune of 496 candidates were sealed in ballot boxes today. Meanwhile, campaigning ended this evening for Wednesday's Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry. In Tamil Nadu, the missing cycle and bike rallies with fluttering flags made a rare appearance today as curtains come down on campaigning. Candidates on improvised vehicles were making the final rounds of the constituencies in their last bid to woo the voters. The Election commission has taken a serious view of continuing instances of voters being lured with cash and gifts and has issued a stern warning against such unfair practices. Chief Electoral officer Praveen Kumar said, the Commission will be forced to take appropriate action if such incidents are repeated.AIR correspondent reports that importance of the Tamil Nadu elections can be gauged by the fact that political parties fielded their star campaigners including national leaders this time.In Kerala, the campaigning was marred by mutual recriminations between CPIM-led LDF and Congress-headed UDF. Our Correspondent reports, the campaign ended on a peaceful note with Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan, and Congress leaders A K Antony and other top leaders addressing rallies.Electioneering also end peacefully in Puducherry this evening with leaders of top political parties making their last bid to woo the voters. In West Bengal, over 97 lakh voters of 54 assembly constituencies in six district of North Bengal would decide the fate of 364 aspirants in the first phase on the 18th of this month. Our Correspondent reports that the election department has established about 12092 polling booths across six districts of North Bengal of which 3607 polling booths have been detected as senstive.