Assembly elections: Voters line up to cast their ballot in Assam, West Bengal
Final phase of Assam Assembly polls ends as 82.02% voters decide the fate of 525 candidates
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Voters in Assam thronged polling booths to cast their vote on the second and final phase of assembly election in Kamrup district on Monday. Image Courtesy: PIB
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Voters wait in a queue to cast votes at a polling station during the state assembly elections in Kharagpur, West Bengal on Monday. PTI
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Amid reports of stray violence from various parts of the state, over 70 per cent votes were cast till 3 pm in 61 assembly constituencies of Assam to decide the fate of 525 contestants. AFP
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Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the state assembly elections in Kharagpur, West Bengal on Monday. PTI
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In a first, a Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine was introduced in ten Assam constituencies, including Guwahati under Kamrup (Metro) district. AFP
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Women show their voter cards before casting votes at a polling booth during the state assembly elections in Kharagpur, West Bengal on Monday. PTI
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Among those in the fray on Monday were cabinet ministers Rakibul Hussain, Chandan Sarkar and Nazrul Islam from Congress, AGP leader and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and BJP national spokesman Sidhartha Bhattacharya. Image courtesy: PIB
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There are a total of 1,04,35,277 voters eligible to cast their ballot in the second phase. Of these, 50,440,51 voters are women and 22 are third gender. Image courtesy: PIB
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Voters wait in a long queue to cast votes at a polling booth during the state assembly elections in Kharagpur, West Bengal on Monday. PTI
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The final phase of the Assembly polls closed with 82.02 % of voter turnout at 5 pm. Image Courtesy AFP


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