GUWAHATI: Assam is all set to witness direct and triangular contests for the primary of the three-phased Lok Sabha polls in 5 constituencies to determine the destiny of 35 candidates, together with that of Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Polling will start at 7 am and conclude at 5 pm in Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Sonitpur and Lakhimpur. A complete voters of 86,47,869, comprising 43,64,859 girls who outnumber the 42,82,887 male voters, and 123 third genders, are eligible to train their franchise in 10,001 polling cubicles.
Voting will probably be held amid tight safety with 60 corporations of safety forces deployed throughout the 5 constituencies. The BJP is contesting in all of the 5 seats, the Congress in 4 and supporting the Assam Jatiya Parishad contestant in a single, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in two and the All India Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) in a single seat every.
A direct contest is on the playing cards between the BJP and Congress in Jorhat, Kaziranga and Lakhimpur whereas in Dibrugarh and Sonitpur, there’s more likely to be a triangular struggle among the many ruling get together, Congress, AJP and AAP. The prestigious Dibrugarh constituency has three candidates in fray with Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal, a Rajya Sabha MP, pitted towards the United Opposition Forum, Assam (UOFA) candidate Lurinjyoti Gogoi of the AJP and Aam Aadmi Party’s Manoj Dhanowar.
In Jorhat, 4 candidates are in competition, with Lok Sabha’s Deputy Leader of the Opposition Gaurav Gogoi locked in a direct contest with sitting BJP MP Topon Gogoi. Gogoi needed to shift his constituency to Jorhat from Kaliabor, which has been renamed as Kaziranga following a delimitation train within the state final 12 months. In Kaziranga, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa is locked in a direct contest with former Congress MLA Roselina Tirkey, with each candidates belonging to the tea employees’ neighborhood.
Kaziranga has the very best variety of 11 candidates within the fray. In Sonitpur, additionally renamed from the sooner Tezpur after delimitation, there are eight nominees with a triangular contest doubtless between BJP MLA Ranjit Dutta, Congress candidate Prem Lal Ganju and AAP’s Rishiraj Kaundinya. Lakhimpur has 9 contestants, outstanding amongst them being sitting BJP MP Pradan Baruah and Uday Shankar Hazarika of the Congress.
Assam Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel mentioned all preparations have been made for conducting the polls in a free, honest, protected and peaceable method.
Live monitoring and webcasting will probably be obtainable in all of the 5,509 polling stations, as per the EC’s course, he mentioned. Out of the ten,001 polling cubicles within the first section, 92 are mannequin polling stations, 11 are People with Disability (PwD)-managed ones and 752 are female-managed cubicles.
A complete of 40,004 polling and presiding officers will probably be engaged, and Ballot Units (BUs), (*35*) Unit (CUs) and VVPATs will probably be put to make use of. Assured Minimum Facilities (AMF) like provision for consuming water, satisfactory furnishings, ready shed, bathroom, lighting, creche for youngsters, signage and ramps will probably be obtainable in any respect the polling stations, officers mentioned. Besides, preparations like transport facility for the aged, help from volunteers and provision for wheelchairs have made on the cubicles.
