Voting begins for 2nd phase of Assam assembly polls By IANS | 3 Views Voting begins for 2nd phase of Assam assembly polls. Image Source: IANS News Guwahati, April 1 : The voting for the second phase of Assam assembly elections began on Thursday morning amid tight security and all Covid-19 protocols, officials said. Men, women and the first-time voters in large numbers queued up in front of the polling stations well before the voting for 39 of the total of 126 assembly seats opened at 7 a.m. The polling would continue till 6 p.m. without any break in 13 districts. Assam Chief Electoral Officer Nitin Khade said that 73,44,631 voters, including 36,09,959 women, are eligible to cast their votes across 10,592 polling stations including 556 all women managed polling stations.