Over 66 per cent polling was recorded in Assam on Saturday, where bypolls were held in three legislative Assembly constituencies —Silchar, lakhipur and Jamunamukh.
The polling, which rema-ined peaceful across the three constituencies, started on a brisk note with the electorates coming out in huge numbers since the beginning of the polling at 7 am, poll officials said while adding that till noon half of the electorates cast their votes.
Deputy Chief Electoral Officer of Assam PK Doley said that 66.67 per cent of polling have been recorded till 5 pm. “However, the polling percentage will increase by one or two per cent as we are still waiting for the final reports,” he said adding that the polling continued beyond 5 pm in some polling stations.
“The polling remained peaceful across the three constituencies,” he said. The counting of votes will take place on Tuesday and the result is expected the same evening. There are a total of 5,09,689 electorates in the three constituencies including 2,44,543 women, polling officials said while adding that a total of 25 candidates are in the electoral fray this time. Polling was held in 588 polling stations.
There were 116 hyper-sensitive polling stations in the three constituencies and 16 additional companies of security forces-including 12 CRPF companies and four companies of Assam police battalions-have been provided to ensure smooth conduction of the polls.