Live Assembly elections 2016: Assam West Bengal polling underway latest updates

Kolkata: Amid great enthusiasm and long queues outside booths, Voting is underway for the second and final phase of the crucial assembly polls for 61 constituencies in Assam and in 31 constituencies spread over three districts in part two of the opening phase of the West Bengal assembly elections. Assam & West Bengal assembly elections live updates:

• Voting underway for the second part of the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal: 59.78% voter turnout recorded till 1 PM
• No question of going with BJP, will consider alliance with Congress if approached: Badruddin Ajmal
• 39.6 percent voter turnout in WB, 36 percent in Assam till 11 am. ANI
• 25 percent voter turnout in first three hours in Assam

 

WATCH: Women dance and celebrate after casting their vote at a polling booth in Kokrajhar in final phase #Assamhttps://t.co/v8tMAXDvSC

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016

Unidentified gunman moving around in Sonamukhi, assembly constituency in Bankura district of West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/fT9Ca6qIQl — ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016

• In Assam,  15.90 % voter turnout recorded till 9 AM.
• In West Bengal: 20% voter turnout recorded till 9 AM
• "AIUDF will be Kingmaker in Assam," says party chief Badruddin Ajmal

 

Voting underway for 2nd & final phase in 61 constituencies of #Assam: Former CM PK Mahanta casts his vote in Nagaon pic.twitter.com/vowZKXYIaq — ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016

#Visuals from Asansol: A senior citizen arrives to vote at a polling booth in West Bengal, voting underway. pic.twitter.com/P0RYvmc8xP

— ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016

Also Read: West Bengal polls first phase sees nearly 81 percent turnout Voting will be held across 8,465 polling stations including two auxiliary stations amid high security.

Hojai(Assam): All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Badruddin Ajmal casts his vote in the final phase. pic.twitter.com/SlDzGQUtUB — ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016

West Bengal: An electorate of nearly 70 lakh (69,79,788), including 33,68,311 females and 50 third genders, are eligible to choose their representatives from a field of 163 candidates. Twenty one of the contestants are women. In Assam, there are a total of 1,04,35,277 voters eligible to cast their ballot in the second phase. Out of this eligible voters 50,44,051 are women and 22 are third gender. There are 525 candidates in the fray and 48 of them are women. Polling will be held in 12,699 polling stations across the state. The first phase of polling for 65 constituencies were held in Assam on April 4 which remained peaceful and recorded 83.20 percent of polling.