Assam recorded a voter turnout of 74.79 per cent till 7 pm on Thursday across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
Assam polls phase two concluded peacefully: EC
Assam polls
19:17 April 01
19:10 April 01
Former Assam Chief Minister Mahanta, family refrain from voting
Two times Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and his family refrained from casting the vote on Thursday. Mahanta had also refrained from voting during the last Lok Sabha polls in 2019 as a mark of protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
Later his wife Jayashree Goswami Mahanta told media persons that they could not vote as two times the former Chief Minister had to be taken to Delhi for treatment.
18:16 April 01
Violence erupted in Paschim Govindapur
Violence erupted in Paschim Govindapur which falls under the Katigorah constituency in Cachar district. An unidentified group of men started pelting stones at the polling station it saw nearly 80 per cent polling.
18:10 April 01
Minor violence erupted at a polling station in the Laharighat area
Minor violence erupted at a polling station in the Laharighat area of Morigaon district. According to reports, one policeman injured in the conflict.
18:06 April 01
Assam recorded a voter turnout of 73.03 per cent till 5.30 pm across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
17:20 April 01
67.60% voting till 5.10 pm in Assam phase 2 polls
Assam recorded a voter turnout of 67.60 per cent till 5.10 pm across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
16:11 April 01
BJP will be ousted from BJP: Ranjeet Ranjan
BJP will be ousted from BJP: Ranjeet Ranjan
Congress MP Ranjeet Ranjan, in an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat, said that the Bhartiya Janata Party will be ousted by the people of Assam due to bad implementation of policies. She further added that the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax in the country has ruined the business structure of the economy.
15:43 April 01
63.03% voting till 3.30 pm in Assam phase 2 polls
Assam recorded a voter turnout of 63.03 per cent till 3.30 pm across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
15:24 April 01
62.98% voting till 3 pm in Assam phase 2 polls
Over 62.98 per cent of voters have cast their ballots during the eight seven hours (till 3 p.m.) of polling in the second phase of the Assam Assembly elections on Thursday, election officials said.
14:49 April 01
55% voting till 2 pm in Assam phase 2 polls
Over 55 per cent of voters have cast their ballots during the first seven hours (till 2 p.m.) of polling in the second phase of the Assam Assembly elections on Thursday, election officials said.
14:14 April 01
Voting underway
Voting underway.
13:28 April 01
Assam polls phase two records 48.24% voter turnout till 1 pm.
12:06 April 01
Congress leader Sushmita Dev casts her vote
Congress leader Sushmita Dev cast her vote at a polling station in Silchar "Mahajoot (grand alliance) is an inclusive alliance. BJP is a communal alliance," she said.
11:50 April 01
Assam polls phase two records 27.5% voter turnout till 11 am.
10:59 April 01
Badruddin Ajmal raises question to PM Modi and Amit Shah
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have said they will send Bangladeshi infiltrators back. I want to ask them how many Bangladeshis were sent back till now? I challenge them to tell if even 100 Bangladeshis have been sent back in the last 5 years. They are the ones who get them here: Badruddin Ajmal.
10:27 April 01
All India United Democratic Front President Badruddin Ajmal cast his vote at polling station number 21 in Hojai.
10:14 April 01
Voting underway
Pradyut Kumar Bhuyan ( Indian National Congress ), candidate cast his vote in Nalbari.
09:34 April 01
10.51% voter turnout till 9 am
10.51% voter turnout recorded till 9 am in Assam: Election Commission of India
09:33 April 01
Polling underway in Silchar
Polling underway at booth number 337 at Surya Kumar High School in Silchar.
09:11 April 01
BJP leader Rajen Gohain casts vote
Former MoS Railways and BJP leader Rajen Gohain cast his vote at a polling booth in Nagaon. He said, "BJP will get over 35 seats out of the total 47 in the 1st phase. In the 2nd phase too, we'll get many seats. BJP will undoubtedly form the govt with more than 75 seats."
08:51 April 01
Covid norms followed in polling booths
Voters are being screened with a temperature gun, given hand sanitiser and hand gloves as they arrive at polling booths for the second phase.
07:36 April 01
Voting temporarily stopped at polling station number 146
Silchar: Voting temporarily stopped at polling station number 146 at Nirtamoyee Balika Vidyalaya, due to EVM malfunction.
Voting delayed at polling station number 26
Voting delayed at polling station number 26 at Nowgong Law College in Nagaon, due to EVM malfunction
07:25 April 01
Visuals from polling station 23-26 at Nowgong Law College in Nagaon
Polling begins in Assam
Visuals from polling station 23-26 at Nowgong Law College in Nagaon.
06:17 April 01
LIVE: Assam polls phase two begin at 7 am
New Delhi:Polling for the second and penultimate phase of Assam assembly polls will begin at 7 am on Thursday to decide the fate of 345 candidates in 39 constituencies across 13 districts.
The high-octane poll campaign for the second phase ended on Tuesday with all the players including the ruling NDA, Congress-led Mahajath making hard efforts to woo voters. The polling will begin at 7 am.
The main contest is seen to be between the alliances led by BJP and Congress.
The BJP-led led alliance also includes the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL).
Congress has stitched a broad alliance that includes All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Communist Party of India, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, the Anchalik Gana Marcha (AGM) and the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF).
Jailed activist Akhil Gogoi's Raijor Dal has stitched an alliance with Assam Jatiya Parishad.
The election in the second phase includes 15 assembly seats in the Barak Valley. In the 2016 polls, BJP had bagged eight seats - six from Cachar district and two from bordering Karimganj district, which shares a boundary with Bangladesh.
Over 73.44 lakh voters are eligible to cast their votes in the second phase of the election. Of them, 37,34,537 are male voters and 36,09,959 are female voters, while 135 are third gender voters.
The voting will be held on 8,998 polling stations and 556 of them are all-women polling stations.
A total of 310 Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) companies and 90 companies of Assam state police have been deployed for the second phase of polling.
The BJP is banking on the performance of the Sarbanand Sonowal government in the state in the past five years, the initiatives of the central government and the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The Mahajath leaders also campaigned extensively in the second phase seats.
The second phase saw the debate over Citizenship Amendment Act. While the BJP leaders said that they will implement CAA, Congress has promised to "nullify it".
Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior BJP leaders including union ministers Amit Shah, Smriti Irani, Jitendra Singh, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan were among those who campaigned in the state. Senior state BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma also extensively campaigned.
The BJP has been targeting Congress over its alliance with AIUDF and has been raising the issue of infiltration. Party leaders have said that Congress has allied with those who have "favoured infiltration".
The party has also promised to free the state of the problem of recurrent floods.
"We want to make Assam free from floods. Satellite mapping will be done, reservoirs will be created. We want to make every village in the State 'aatmanirbhar'," Nadda said at a public meeting in Dharmapur on Tuesday.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had made a video appeal to voters of Assam ahead of the polls. Party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have also campaigned in the state. Gandhi was scheduled to reach Assam on Tuesday for the second phase campaign but the visit got cancelled due to bad weather.
The Congress has promised five lakh government jobs to youth in five years, 200 units of free electricity, taking the daily- wage of tea garden workers to Rs 365 and Rs 2,000 per month to homemakers.
Congress has also made representations to the poll panel for alleged violation of the model code of conduct by BJP leaders.
Assam Minister Parimal Suklabaidya is contesting from the Dholai seat for the seventh time on a BJP ticket. State minister Piyush Hazarika is contesting from Jagiroad and Bhabesh Kalita, also a minister, from the Rangia seat.
Former Congress minister Gautam Roy is contesting from Katigorah on a BJP ticket, while former Deputy Speaker Dilip Kumar Paul, who resigned from the BJP after he was denied ticket, is contesting as an Independent from Silchar.
Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary is contesting from Panery and former Asam Sahitya Sabha President Paramananda Rajbongshi is trying his luck from Sipajhar.
Former Assam Minister for Hill Areas Development, Mines and Minerals and Congress leader Sum Ronghang is in the fray from the Diphu seat.
The BJP formed its first party-led government in Assam after the 2016 elections. BJP and its allies won 86 out of 126 seats and ousting the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government which ruled the state for 15 years.
Polling for the last phase will be held on April 6 and counting of votes will take place on May 2. The first phase took place on March 27 and recorded a voter turnout of nearly 77 per cent.
(ANI)
Last Updated : Apr 1, 2021, 9:02 PM IST