The third and last phase of polling in the Assam assembly election for 40 constituencies began at 7 am on Tuesday.
he third and last phase of polling in the Assam assembly election for 40 constituencies began at 7 am on Tuesday morning. The 40 constituencies are spread out across the twelve Lower Assam districts, including the three that fall under the Bodoland Territorial Region.
There are more than 79 lakh eligible voters who can cast their votes at 11,401 polling stations in order to decide the fate of 337 candidates.
Of the voters, about 40 lakh are male, 39 lakh are female and 139 are transgender.
There are more than 4 lakh voters in Dispur assembly constituency in Kamrup Metropolitan district alone.
Candidates
Several prominent candidates are contesting in the third phase of the election. This includes six ministers in Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s government, namely Himanta Biswa Sarma, Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Chandra Mohan Patowary, Phani Bhusan Choudhury, Pramila Rani Brahma and Chandan Brahma.
Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass and BJP members of legislative assembly (MLAs) such as Narayan Deka and Suman Haripriya are also contesting from constituencies included in the third phase of polling.
Congress MLAs including Nandita Das and Sukur Ali Ahmed, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLAs such as Hafiz Bashir Ahmed and Nizanur Rahman, Bodoland People’s Front MLAs such as Majendra Narzary and Charan Boro and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) MLAs including Gunindra Nath Das are in the fray in this final phase.
MLA Pabindra Deka, who contested the 2016 assembly election as an AGP candidate from Patacharkuchi constituency, is now contesting as a member of the newly formed party Assam Jatiya Parishad.
Similarly, AIUDF MLA from Bhabanipur constituency Abul Kalam Azad is contesting this election as an independent candidate after he was denied a party ticket. BJP MLA from Dudhnoi constituency, Dipak Kumar Rabha, is also contesting as an independent candidate.
