- विज्ञापन -
Guwahati: Voting for the first phase of panchayat elections in Assam will be held on May 2 across 14 districts: Sonitpur, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Sribhumi.
The Assam State Election Commission has made all necessary arrangements to ensure a free and fair election.
Polling parties departed for their respective polling stations on Thursday.
The second phase of polling will be conducted on May 7 in the remaining 13 districts, and the counting of votes will take place on May 11.
More than 1.80 crore voters, including 90.71 lakh male voters, 89.65 lakh female voters and 408 other voters, will exercise their franchise in 25007 polling stations in both phases.
The BJP-led NDA has already secured 32 Zilla Parishad seats (35 by the BJP and two by the AGP), as well as 288 Anchalik Panchayat seats (259 by the BJP and 29 by the AGP), all of which were won unopposed.
More than 1.80 crore voters, including 90.71 lakh male voters, 89.65 lakh female voters, and 408 other voters, will exercise their franchise in 25,007 polling stations.
According to the Assam State Election Commissioner, an adequate number of security personnel will be deployed, along with over 1.20 lakh polling personnel, to ensure the smooth conduct of the election.
