A soaring turnout of 82.29 percent was recorded in Assam till 7 pm as voting for the third and final phase of the Assembly Elections ended on Tuesday, 6 April. Ballots were cast in 40 out of Assam's 126 constituencies.
Several key candidates, like Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari, Assam BJP President Ranjit Dass at Paracharkuchi, and senior AIUDF leader Aminul Islam from Mankachar, cast their votes on Tuesday.
- Out of the 40 seats that voted, 20 seats were in Muslim-majority districts like Dhubri, Barpeta, Goalpara, South Salmara, and Bongaigaon.
- Eight were in the Bodoland area districts like Baksa, Chirang, and Kokrajhar.
- Ten were in Guwahati and nearby areas in the Kamrup region and Nalbari district.
- Out of the 40 seats, BPF contested in eight and AIUDF in seven.
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