At 74% Assam records highest voter turnout in Phase 3

Over 74 per cent of the 81.49 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 5 pm on Tuesday in four Lok Sabha constituencies in the third and final phase of elections in Assam, an official said.

Dhubri recorded the highest polling percentage at 79.70, followed by Barpeta at 76.20, Kokrajhar at 74.24 and Guwahati at 67.68 per cent, the lowest.

Overall voter turnout recorded till 5 pm in the four Lok Sabha seats was 74.86 per cent, the official said.

The turnout was expected to rise as people, who entered the polling stations before 5 pm, the closing time for voting, will be allowed to exercise their franchise.

There are 47 candidates in the fray in the final phase of Lok Sabha elections in the state.

Altogether 81,49,091 voters, including 40,48,436 women and 111 belonging to the third gender, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 9,516 polling stations.

Voting, which began at 7 pm, was slow in the initial hours due to heavy rain in several parts of the constituencies but picked up as the day progressed.