News Desk, AnyTV, Guwahati
Published by: Abhishek Dixit
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:01 PM IST
Summary
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Rajya Sabha member and former state Congress chief Ripun Bora also exercised their franchise.
People exercised their franchise for the civic body elections in Assam on Sunday. After this, an official of the State Election Commission said that people actively participated in the municipal elections on Sunday. According to the commission, around 70 percent of the people cast their votes in the elections.
According to the State Election Commission, polling was slow in the first three hours, but after that the voting picked up speed. Voting percentage will increase further. He told that for the first time in the civic elections in Assam, EVMs were used. Polling was held in 977 wards of 80 bodies in 24 districts of the state. In this election, 2532 candidates are in the fray, out of which BJP has 825 candidates. Counting of votes will take place on March 9.
Officials said that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the state. Prominent leaders including Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state ministers Atul Bora and Jogen Mohan, Rajya Sabha MP and former Congress state president Ripun Bora cast their vote. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that I urge everyone to exercise their democratic right.
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People exercised their franchise for the civic body elections in Assam on Sunday. After this, an official of the State Election Commission said that people actively participated in the municipal elections on Sunday. According to the commission, around 70 percent of the people cast their votes in the elections.
According to the State Election Commission, polling was slow in the first three hours, but after that the voting picked up speed. The voting percentage will increase further. He told that for the first time in the civic elections in Assam, EVMs were used. Polling was held in 977 wards of 80 bodies in 24 districts of the state. In this election, 2532 candidates are in the fray, out of which BJP has 825 candidates. Counting of votes will take place on March 9.
Officials said that no untoward incident was reported from anywhere in the state. Prominent leaders including Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, state ministers Atul Bora and Jogen Mohan, Rajya Sabha MP and former Congress state president Ripun Bora cast their vote. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted that I urge everyone to exercise their democratic right.