Guwahati, April 9 -- Brisk polling was reported from across Assam as 17.87 per cent of the over 2.51 crore eligible electors exercised their franchise in the first two hours of the single-phase Assembly election on Thursday.
"The voter turnout was approximately 17.87 per cent as of 9 am," the Election Commission of India said.
Over 2.51 crore electors spread across 126 Assembly constituencies are eligible to choose their representatives from a pool of 722 candidates, 59 of them women, in 31.490 polling stations. Over 1.25 crore voters are women and 318 belong to the third gender.
The polling for all the Assembly seats in the crucial state, considered the gateway to North East India, began at 7 am amidst great enthusiasm and long queues o...