The three-phase elections conclude today as Assam’s capital area of Guwahati, and Lower Assam vote. 5 hours ago A photo of Amit Shah at the rally in Assam s Kamrup district on Friday. | Amit Shah via Twitter
On March 28, Assam woke up to a “skybus” advertisement in all the major dailies published out of the state declaring that the Bharatiya Janata Party would “win all constituencies of Upper Assam” which had polled the previous day. A skybus ad resembles a banner headline and in the absence of a prominent enough disclaimer – as was the case here – it is easy for readers to mistake it for news.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee; Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal; Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami (From L to R).
NEW DELHI: Polling began at 7 am on Tuesday for one of the busiest days in the ongoing assembly election in all four states and one Union territory - West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Polling is being held for a total of 475 assembly constituencies.
While for West Bengal, the day marks the third in an eight-phase election, in Assam it is the third and final phase of voting. The remaining states/UT -Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry are witnessing a single-phase polling.
Assam Assembly Election 2021: Third phase of polling begins across 40 constituencies
The polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm. The time for casting votes has been increased by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed. File photo (Source: ANI)
Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 06:55 AM IST
The polling for the third and final phase of the Assam Assembly elections 2021 began at 7 am on Tuesday. It will continue till 6 pm.
The time for casting votes has been increased by an hour to ensure COVID-19 protocols are followed in the constituencies.
The counting of votes will take place on May 2.
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Only 7.8% women candidates in State electoral battle
GUWAHATI: Only 7.8 per cent women candidates are among the total 946 contestants in fray for the 126-member Assam Assembly elections, leading to discontent among female activists and writers. According to the State s Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade, of the total 946 candidates, 74 are women while, out of the overall 2,33,74,087 voters, 1,15,50,403 are females.
He said out of the 33,530 polling stations set up for the three phases (March 27, April 1, April 6) of the polls across the state, 1,351 are all women managed. The third and the final phase of polling will be held in 40 seats on April 6.
Despite the women being 49.41 per cent of the total numbers of voters, only 74 female (7.8 per cent) candidates, including 23 Independent, are in the fray.