Assam elections 2021 third phase live updates | Polling begins (*40*) 40 seats

Polling (*40*) 40 seats within the remaining phase of the meeting elections in Assam started at 7 a.m. on Tuesday to determine the destiny of 337 candidates, together with senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his 5 cupboard colleagues and state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass.

A direct contest between nominees of the BJP-led NDA and Congress-headed Grand Alliance is on the playing cards in 20 constituencies whereas there’s a triangular struggle, together with pleasant contests, within the remaining seats with the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) being thought-about because the third pressure.

The newly floated AJP is contesting in 22 seats whereas there are 126 independents within the fray within the remaining phase of the election wherein the BJP-led coalition is looking for to return to energy (*40*) the second time period in a row.

Here are the live updates:

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Polling begins (*40*) 40 units in remaining phase of Assam elections

Polling (*40*) 40 seats within the remaining phase of the meeting elections in Assam started at 7 a.m. on Tuesday to determine the destiny of 337 candidates, together with senior minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his 5 cupboard colleagues and state BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass.

People carrying masks and sustaining social distance had been seen queuing exterior polling stations even earlier than the voting started within the 40 constituencies unfold over 12 districts.

In a number of polling stations, the primary voter and senior residents had been greeted with a ‘gamosa’ (conventional towel) and, in some circumstances, with saplings.