The second and final phase of Assam Assembly elections
began at 7 AM today Monday April 11,2016 amid tight security to decide the fate of 525
candidates in 61 of the 126 constituencies with ruling Congress,
BJP-AGP-BPF alliance and AIUDF locked in a keen contest.
Congress is contesting in 57 seats, AIUDF, the major opposition party
in the outgoing assembly, in 47, BJP in 35 while its allies — the Bodo
Peoples’ Front (BPF) in 10 and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in 19. CPI(M) is
contesting in nine, CPI in five, unrecognised parties in 129 and
independents in 214.
An electorate of 1,04,35,271, comprising 53,91,204 males, 50,44,051 females and 22 others, will exercise their franchise in 12,699 polling stations to decide the fate of 477 male and 48 female candidates
Among the prominent candidates are cabinet ministers Rakibul Hussain, Chandan Sarkar and Nazrul Islam for the Congress, former two-time AGP Chief Minister Prafulla Mahanta, AIUDF Chief and Dhubri MP Badruddin Ajmal and former Congress minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who led a dissidence against the Chief Minister before joining the BJP last year.
Congress looks forward to retain power for the fourth successive term, BJP called for a ‘parivartan’ (change) and AIUDF aims to play the king-maker in the formation of the next government.
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