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Over 80% turnout in 3rd phase LS polls in Assam

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GUWAHATI: Average 80.74 % per cent votes were cast in the four Lok Sabha constituencies of  Gauhati, Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Dhubri in Assam where third phase polling was held on Tuesday.

The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) here informed that highest 86.94 % turnout was recorded in Dhubri constituency followed by 80.20 % in Gauhati, 78.11 % in Barpeta and 77.38% in Kokrajhar. These figures were compiled till  9 pm on Tuesday night and are likely to go up.

Over 74 lakh eligible electors were eligible to decide the fate of 54 candidates in the fray in the four parliamentary constituencies that went to polls on Tuesday.

The exact figures of total voters in these four constituencies  were 74,77,062, of which 38,15,335 are male, 36,61,570 are female and 157 belong to the third gender.

Of the total 54 candidates in the fray in the four constituencies, 17 candidates were in the fray in Guwahati, 15 in Dhubri, 13 in Barpeta, and nine in Kokrajhar.

Polling were held across 9,577 polling stations in the four Lok Sabha seats comprising total  40 Legislative Assembly Constituency (LAC) segments.

In the last parliamentary elections held in 2014, the BJP had won  from Guwahati and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had won from Barpeta and Dhubri, while the Kokrajhar seat had gone to an Independent candidate.

This election the contest in the prestigious Guwahati constituency has witnessed keen contest between two first-time women candidates, Queen Ojha of the BJP and Bobeeta Sharma of the Congress. The BJP did not give nomination to the sitting MP, Bijoya Chakraborty this time.

This election is expected to witness a keen contest  in Guwahati constituency is expected to be between the ruling BJP and  its arch rival Congress. Both Dhubri and Barpeta constituencies are likely to witness three-cornered contests between the Congress, the AIUDF and the AGP, the alliance partner of the BJP.

A triangular contest between sitting Independent MP Naba Kumar Sarania and the candidates of the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), Promila Rani Brahma  and the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), U G Brahma has been witnessed in  Kokrajhar (ST) constituency.

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