Guwahati: 74.69 per cent of the 73,44,631 voters exercised their franchise till 6 pm within the second section of polling in Assam on Thursday, election officers mentioned, including that no untoward incident was reported from the 39 constituencies.
Senior election officers and law enforcement officials mentioned that no incident of violence was reported so removed from the 13 districts the place the voting passed off.
In just a few polling stations, voting was halted for a while resulting from technical snags within the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), which have been quickly rectified.
Men, ladies and first-time voters queued up in entrance of the polling stations in massive numbers effectively earlier than the voting started at 7 a.m. Polling time has been elevated by an hour till 6 p.m. by the election officers in view of the Covid-19 scenario.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer of Assam, Nitin Khade, 73,44,631 voters, together with 36,09,959 ladies, are eligible to forged their votes throughout 10,592 polling stations within the second section that may determine the destiny of candidates in 39 Assembly constituencies. As many as 556 polling stations are being managed by ladies officers.
Around 31,000 Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, together with hundreds of state safety drive personnel, have been deployed to keep up regulation and order throughout this section wherein 42,368 polling personnel are engaged.
In Thursday’s polling, the electoral destiny of 345 candidates, together with 26 ladies aspirants, will likely be determined.
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