Guwahati, Dec 5 (IBNS): People queued up at polling booths in Assam’s 16 districts as balloting began in the first phase of the panchayat polls in the state.
The polling started at 7 am in most of the polling stations amidst tight security.
A total of 97,45,709 voters will exercise their franchise in 14,077 polling booths to decide the fate of 43,515 candidates contesting in the four tier 15,899 constituencies.
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796 candidates are contesting for 251 Zila Parishad Member constituencies, 3799 candidates for 1304 Anchalik Panchayat Member, 4155 candidates for 1304 Gram Panchayat President and 34,756 candidates are contesting for 13,040 Gram Panchayat Member constituencies.
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The second phase rural polls will be held on Dec 9 and counting of votes to be held on Dec 12.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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