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Amid tight security arrangement, voting in the first phase of Lok Sabha election has come to an end in Lakhimpur on Monday. The voting which began at 7 in the morning ended at 5 in the afternoon. The turn out is believed to have crossed a huge 80 per cent.But some booths had to extended the voting hour till 5-30 due to some technical reasons. Around 14,24,008 voters peacefully exercised their franchise to decide on the fate of 13 candidates which is sealed in the EVMs.Long queues of voters were seen in front of the polling booths from early in the morning. Polling took place at 1,921 booths from 7 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon in all the booths simultaneously.Union minister Ranee...
Polling ended in Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency with a record turn out on Monday. All eyes are fixed on May 16 when the counting will take place.Amid massive security arrangement, voting began at 7 in the morning at 1,772 booths to decide on the fate of nine candidate.The authorities have deployed 2,310 presiding and first polling officers to ensure free and fair polls.AGP leader Joseph Toppo is seeking re-election. Congress candidate Bhupen Bora is facing a tough contest with BJP candidate Ram Prasad Sarma. Mani Kumar Subba, who is undergoing treatment of cardiac ailment is contesting as an independent candidate after the Congress denied ticket to the three times MP from Tezpur.
Voting has come to an end in Koliabor constituency as soon as the clock struck 5 in the afternoon. The turn out has crossed 75 per cent. The fate of 13 candidates are sealed in the electronic voting machines. Heavily guarded by over 5000 security personnel, the voting began at 7 in the morning to end at 4 in the afternoon at 1772 booths.A section of polling booths ended voting only at 5 in the afternoon citing disruption in the morning. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s son Gaurav Gogoi is locked in a keen contest with former MP and AGP candidate Dr Arun Sarma.The counting will take place on May 16 along with other places in the country.
Over 80 per cent voters turned up in the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Dibrugarh constituency which came to an end on at 5 in the evening on Monday.The fate of 6 candidates are sealed in the electronic voting machines. Voting took place at 1,5,35 booths from 7 in the morning in the constituency of 11,16,930 voters.Congress candidate and Union minister Pawan Singh Ghatowar is facing a keen contest with his BJP counterpart Rameswar Teli while AGP candidate Anup Phukan is also powerful in some pockets. The counting would take place on May 16.
Polling has ended in Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency with a huge turn out of more than 85 on Monday.The polling which began at 7 in the morning ended at 5 in the evening. Voters in large numbers were seen lined up in front of the booths till the end of the voting. The authorities had to extend the voting hour by one hours after polling was halted because of technical glitches in many places. Comprising ten assembly segments with 11, 73,947 voters, polling took place at 1,597 booths.Of them 04371 voters are male while 570476 others are female.The authorities have deployed over 3,000 officials with 1700 electronic voting machines to ensure free and fair polls.Congress candidate BK...
The first phase of Lok Sabha polls has provided young voters to participate in the world’s greatest democratic process on Monday in Assam.Over 6.5 lakh first time voters in the age group of 18 to 19 years registered in the state this time. From early in the morning the voters, mostly the young ones, were seen enthusiastically lining up to exercise their franchise.
The polling is by and large peaceful in the five Lok Sabha constituencies where fate of 51 voters are sealed in EVMs.Polling was summarily disrupted where at least 33 electronic voting machines malfunctioned in Dibrugarh, Kaliabor, Tezpur and Lakhimpur constituencies.Of them, 29 were later replaced. The snags in the others voting machines were rectified and the voting continued uninterrupted till the end.
Four voters, including a woman, suffered minor injuries when they clashed with CRPF personnel deployed in Koliabor constituency on Monday.The incident took place at a both in Sarupathar Silonijan area when the voters were forcibly proceeding to cast their votes early.The situation was brought under control at the intervention of the authorities.
Jorhart tops with 55 per cent voter turn out till 1 in the afternoon in the first phase of Lok Sabha pollings on Monday.Voters----both men and women are lined up in front of the polling booths to exercise their franchise.Dibrugarh has registered 48 per cent turn out till 1 in the afternoon while the figure stands at 43 per cent in Koliabor.. Lakhimpur records 41 per cent while 37 per cent voters have exercised their franchise in Tezpur till 1 in the afternoon. Barring some technical glitches, pollings are by and large peaceful.
BJP state president and Lakhimpur candidate Sarbananda Sonowal said that the people want change of guard at the Centre.Talking to reporters after casting his vote in Chabua, Sonowal said that his party will top the tally this time in Assam. Sonowal arrived at the polling booth in Chabua at around 12 noon where he exercised his franchise at 12-15 in the afternoon.
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