Assam Polls Phase-II: Voter turnout rises to 76.52% till 8 PM

GUWAHATI: 76.52% voter turnout was recorded till 8:10 pm in the second phase of assembly elections across 39 constituencies in Assam, as per Election Commission's preliminary figures.

While the Nalbari district witnessed the highest voting percentage with a voter turnout of 86.69%, Cachar recorded the lowest voter turnout of 72.28%.

Although polling in all the 13 districts going to polls today began at 7 am and was expected to wrap up at 6 pm, voting is still underway in some places where the process was delayed due to inclement weather.

Rain and overcast conditions played a spoilsport during the day and could impact the overall voter turnout in this phase of polling.

According to meteorologists, Assam is likely to experience rainfall from March 30 to April 3 and thunder squalls with wind speed 50-60 kph, and hail may hit isolated places. The bad weather conditions are expected to adversely affect the voter turnout in the second phase polls.

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Earlier in the day, former Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Rajen Gohain after casting his vote in Nagaon opined that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form government in the state by winning more than 75 seats.

Reports are pouring in that voting was temporarily stopped at polling stations at Silchar and Nagaon due to Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) malfunctions.

A total of 345 candidates are in the fray in this phase of voting. Polling for the third and last phase will be held on April 6 while counting of votes will take place on May 2.

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