Assam Election News

At 6 pm, the polling percentage recorded in the following states is — Assam (78.94%), Kerala (69.95%), Tamil Nadu (65.08%), West Bengal (77.68%), and Puducherry (77.90%).

The Election Commission had made elaborate arrangements to ensure the smooth progress of voting in 4 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry with adequate emphasis on maintaining Covid-appropriate behaviour. Let's take a look.

According to Election Commission guidelines, COVID-19-positive patients can go to the polling booth to vote between 6 pm and 7 pm, provided they have not applied for a postal ballot.

The Election Commission found substance in the Congress party's complaint against Sarma for openly threatened Hagrama Mohilary of sending him to jail by misusing a central agency.

The Election Commission placed under suspension the Presiding Officer and three other officials for shifting the voting machine to another vehicle without checking its antecedents after their vehicle in which escorting the EVM to Karimganj after the polling got over at 6 pm on April 1, broke down.  

A day after a video surfaced on social media which allegedly showed electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the car of Patharkandi BJP candidate Krishnendu Paul, the Election Commission ordered repolling in polling station 179 of Ratabari seat in Assam.

The Prime Minister expressed confidence that the NDA will form the government in Assam and said people have stamped the victory in the first phase of polling.

Covid-19 protocols for the voters including social distancing and thermal screening are being maintained.  

Addressing media persons in New Delhi, Amit Shah thanked the people of both states for a high turnout in the first phase of the election. 

In Assam, 47 Assembly seats are going to polls, with 264 candidates in the fray. Voting is being held today in 30 of Bengal’s 294 Assembly seats.