Among the 539 candidates in the fray, 496 are males and 43 females in 45 constituencies of the Brahmaputra Valley, five in the two hill districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao and 15 in the Barak Valley.
An electorate of 95,11,732 including 45,95,712 women, will exercise their franchise in 12,190 polling stations with the number of hyper-sensitive and sensitive booths yet to be released by the election office.
The ruling Congress, the BJP-AGP-BPF alliance and the AIUDF are locked in a keen battle
In Assam, the BJP has partnered with regional parties the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People's Front (BPF). It has positioned union minister Sarbananda Sonowal as its candidate for chief minister.
The first phase will witness mostly direct contest between the ruling Congress and the BJP-AGP-BPF alliance though the AIUDF has put up candidates in 27 constituencies where the fight is expected to be triangular.
The Congress is contesting in all the 65 constituencies in the first phase while BJP is contesting in 54 and its alliance partners--AGP in 11 and BPF in three, the AIUDF in 27, the CPI and CPM in ten each with CPI(ML)(L) in six along with 60 others of unrecognised parties and 13 independents
BJP had won 7 parliamentary constituencies in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. And now 4 of these constituencies would be voting on Monday April 4,2016 and it is essential for the BJP to sweep the first phase to win the state.
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