Five constituencies of Assam will exercise their franchise today for the first phase of the Lok Sabha Elections. Polling has begun from 7 AM and will end by 5 PM
The five parliamentary constituencies where voting is underway are Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur.
Here are some details of the constituencies:
Tezpur:
Total candidates: 7
Total voters in Tezpur: 14,94,878
Male voters: 7,63,599
Female voters: 7,31,248
Transgender voters: 31
Total polling stations: 1,880
Kaliabor:
Total candidates: 7
Total voters in Kaliabor: 17,31,610
Male voters: 8,83,388
Female voters: 8,48,174
Transgender voters: 46
Total polling stations: 2,174
Jorhat:
Total candidates: 8
Total voters: 13,60,328
Male voters: 6,89,038
Female voters: 6,71,283
Transgender voters: 7
Polling stations: 1,753
Dibrugarh:
Total candidates: 8
Total voters: 13,12,195
Male voters: 6,62,636
Female voters: 6,49,533
Transgender voters: 28
Total polling stations: 1,657
Lakhimpur:
Total candidates: 11
Total voters: 17,04,447
Male voters: 8,66,675
Female voters: 8,37,730
Transgender voters: 42
Total polling stations: 2,110
It may be noted that 91 parliamentary constituencies, which are spread over 20 States and Union Territories including Assam will also go polling today.