GUWAHATI, April 19 -- Voting for 16 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Northeast has begun.

The 16 Lok Sabha seats in the Northeast are among the 102 seats that went 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 went to polls on Friday (April 19).

The voting process began at 7 in the morning on Friday (April 19).

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

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

Similarly, voting process in both Lok Sabha seats in Arun...