The first phase of elections begin in Assam. Urging those eligible to vote in record numbers. I particularly call upon my young friends to vote.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 27, 2021
As voting for the first phase of polling in Assam began at 7 am on Saturday morning. People queued up at polling booths in Assam as voting began for the first phase of Assam assembly election in which 47 constituencies will be deciding the fates of 264 candidates.
A total of 81.09 lakh voters will exercise their franchise in 11,537 polling stations to choose among 264 candidates in 47 assembly constituencies across 11 districts of Upper Assam, Northern Assam and some parts of central Assam’s Nagaon district.
“The first phase of elections began in Assam. Urging those eligible to vote in record numbers. I particularly call upon my young friends to vote.”
The polls will decide the fates of Assam Chief Minister Sabananda Sonowal, six Cabinet ministers Ranjit Dutta, Naba Doley, Jogen Mahan, Sanjay Kishan, AGP president Atul Bora, Keshab Mahanta, jailed peasants’ rights activist Akhil Gogoi, former general secretary of AASU and present president of AJP Lurinjyoti Gogoi, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Ripun Bora and AICC secretary Bhupen Kumar Borah.
Earlier in 2016 Assam assembly elections, BJP had won 60 seats while its ally party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) won 14, Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) won 12 seats, Congress won 26, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) won 13 and an Independent one seat.
In the 2021 election, BJP has tied up with AGP, United Peoples’ Party Liberal (UPPL) while Congress has stitched a grand alliance with Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF, BPF, RJD and four other political parties, including three left parties.
