GUWAHATI, April 18 -- 16 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Northeast are among the 102 seats that go to polls on Friday (April 19) in the first phase of elections to the lower house.

The eight Northeast states collectively hold 25 Lok Sabha seats, with 16 of them scheduled for polling on Friday (April 19).

In Assam, out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, polling will be conducted in five constituencies.

The five Lok Sabha seats in Assam that go to polls on Friday (April 19) in the first phase of the elections are: Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Lakhimpur and Sonitpur.

Similarly, both seats in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura, along with the lone seat in Mizoram and Nagaland, are set for polling on Friday (April 19).

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