Guwahati/Dibrugarh/Jorhat: The first segment of the panchayat election in Assam, a litmus check for ruling BJP half-way through its term earlier than the Lok Sabha polls next yr, used to be held in 16 districts on Wednesday.
According to the Assam state election fee, 65.five% polling used to be recorded until 3pm. The numbers are likely to cross up by way of every other 10% when final reviews are available in from all of the districts. The total share recorded in the 2013 rural polls, which used to be conducted in 3 stages, used to be 76.76.
There were isolated incidents of violence all the way through the day. In Golaghat district, a person died in police firing at a polling station.
Two different individuals died all the way through the day — one at Chhaygaon in Kamrup district and every other at Sipajhar in Darrang. They reportedly fell ill and died whilst they were on their method to polling stations to solid their votes.
In different incidents of poll-related violence, a vehicle carrying paramilitary forces used to be reportedly set on fireplace by way of locals after it accidentally hit BJP employees at Gogamukh in higher Assam’s Dhemaji district. The vehicle had injured seven individuals, together with a pregnant girl. At Raha in Nagaon district, a ballot official used to be reportedly attacked by way of some voters who accused the official of causing anomalies in the polling procedure.
State election commissioner HN Bora said, “Apart from a couple of untoward incidents, maximum of which have been related to misguided printing of ballot papers and voters’ names being missing from the electoral rolls, the first segment of panchayat polls used to be conducted in a satisfactory way.”
In some polling stations, anomalies were reportedly found in ballot papers whilst many complained that their names were missing from the electoral rolls.
In Biswanath district, voters reportedly snatched away ballot boxes and burned ballot papers once they complained of finding errors in the papers. At least 800 voters at Rowmari in Darrang district and 100-odd voters in Sivasagar district may just not vote once they found their names were missing from the electoral rolls. Similar incidents were additionally reported from Kamrup (Metropolitan) district.
The state election fee, alternatively, said voters were accountable in most of these instances as they'd not verified their names previous. All repolls can be held on December 7, Bora said. However, the election fee is yet to confirm which polling stations have been selected for the aim.
A few sporadic incidents of mismatch of celebration symbols were additionally reported from positive districts. For example, at Titabor in Jorhat district, ballot papers erroneously displayed the BJP symbol towards the title of a Congress candidate. Similar incidents of symbol mismatch were found at Barhampur in Nagaon district and close to Laharighat in Morigaon.
Polling in higher Assam’s Dibrugarh district used to be largely peaceful on Wednesday. The district witnessed 53.34% polling until 1pm. In some polling stations, voting endured until 5pm because of large turnout of voters in the afternoon hours.
Altogether 3,214 candidates are in the fray for 23 zila parishad member seats, 93 gaon panchayat president seats, 93 anchalik parishad member seats and 930 gaon panchayat member seats in Dibrugarh.
Voting used to be additionally most commonly peaceful in Jorhat district. Jorhat returning officer Narayan Konwar said, “The ballot share touched 60 at 3pm. In some polling stations, voting endured until five.30pm.”
Golaghat recorded a turnout of 53% until 3pm on Wednesday. District management officers the share might cross as much as 60 later. In Golaghat and Jorhat, Assam meeting speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami, Jorhat MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and AGP president Atul Bora queued up with the folks and solid their votes.
According to the Assam state election fee, 65.five% polling used to be recorded until 3pm. The numbers are likely to cross up by way of every other 10% when final reviews are available in from all of the districts. The total share recorded in the 2013 rural polls, which used to be conducted in 3 stages, used to be 76.76.
There were isolated incidents of violence all the way through the day. In Golaghat district, a person died in police firing at a polling station.
Two different individuals died all the way through the day — one at Chhaygaon in Kamrup district and every other at Sipajhar in Darrang. They reportedly fell ill and died whilst they were on their method to polling stations to solid their votes.
In different incidents of poll-related violence, a vehicle carrying paramilitary forces used to be reportedly set on fireplace by way of locals after it accidentally hit BJP employees at Gogamukh in higher Assam’s Dhemaji district. The vehicle had injured seven individuals, together with a pregnant girl. At Raha in Nagaon district, a ballot official used to be reportedly attacked by way of some voters who accused the official of causing anomalies in the polling procedure.
State election commissioner HN Bora said, “Apart from a couple of untoward incidents, maximum of which have been related to misguided printing of ballot papers and voters’ names being missing from the electoral rolls, the first segment of panchayat polls used to be conducted in a satisfactory way.”
In some polling stations, anomalies were reportedly found in ballot papers whilst many complained that their names were missing from the electoral rolls.
In Biswanath district, voters reportedly snatched away ballot boxes and burned ballot papers once they complained of finding errors in the papers. At least 800 voters at Rowmari in Darrang district and 100-odd voters in Sivasagar district may just not vote once they found their names were missing from the electoral rolls. Similar incidents were additionally reported from Kamrup (Metropolitan) district.
The state election fee, alternatively, said voters were accountable in most of these instances as they'd not verified their names previous. All repolls can be held on December 7, Bora said. However, the election fee is yet to confirm which polling stations have been selected for the aim.
A few sporadic incidents of mismatch of celebration symbols were additionally reported from positive districts. For example, at Titabor in Jorhat district, ballot papers erroneously displayed the BJP symbol towards the title of a Congress candidate. Similar incidents of symbol mismatch were found at Barhampur in Nagaon district and close to Laharighat in Morigaon.
Polling in higher Assam’s Dibrugarh district used to be largely peaceful on Wednesday. The district witnessed 53.34% polling until 1pm. In some polling stations, voting endured until 5pm because of large turnout of voters in the afternoon hours.
Altogether 3,214 candidates are in the fray for 23 zila parishad member seats, 93 gaon panchayat president seats, 93 anchalik parishad member seats and 930 gaon panchayat member seats in Dibrugarh.
Voting used to be additionally most commonly peaceful in Jorhat district. Jorhat returning officer Narayan Konwar said, “The ballot share touched 60 at 3pm. In some polling stations, voting endured until five.30pm.”
Golaghat recorded a turnout of 53% until 3pm on Wednesday. District management officers the share might cross as much as 60 later. In Golaghat and Jorhat, Assam meeting speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami, Jorhat MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and AGP president Atul Bora queued up with the folks and solid their votes.
First phase of panchayat election sees 65% turnout, repoll on Dec 7
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