Guwahati: A voter turnout of 79.23 per cent was recorded in the second phase of panchayat polls in Assam, an official said.
The second phase of polling was held on Wednesday in 13 districts — Dhubri, South Salmara-Mankachar, Goalpara, Bongaigaon, Barpeta, Bajali, Nalbari, Kamrup, Kamrup (Metro), Hojai, Nagaon, Morigaon and Darrang.
The Assam State Election Commission said that as per the information received from the district commissioners, the approximate poll percentage in the 2nd phase of the panchayat poll is 79.23 per cent.
Voting in these districts passed off peacefully with no repoll ordered, the official said.
On Wednesday, polling began at 7.30 am and ended at 4.30 pm, but those who had entered the booths within that time exercised their franchise till late in the night, the official said.
A total of 91,31,127 people, including 44,99,952 women, were eligible to vote in this phase.
Dhubri district recorded the highest turnout of 88.63 per cent, while the lowest was reported from Kamrup (Metro) at 71 per cent.
The fates of 29,608 candidates were decided in the second phase. They contested in 181 zilla parishad constituencies, 87 anchalik parishads and 10,530 gram panchayat seats.
In the first phase of the panchayat poll, which was held in 14 districts on May 2, a voter turnout of 70.19 per cent was recorded.
The counting of votes will be held on May 11.
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A total of 1,289 seats have been decided uncontested — 21 in zilla parishads, 151 in anchalik parishads and 1,117 gram panchayat wards.
Seven districts of the state are under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution and governed at the local level by autonomous councils.
