Assam Parliamentary Elections Updates 2014, Assam Polling 12th April 2014, Assam Live Polling Election News Update, Lok sabha Elections 2014 LIVE updates, Lok Sabha poll 2014, fourth phase polling.

Lok Sabha Elections 2014: Balloting begins in Assam.

7:05 pm: Turnout between 72 % in Assam

In Congress-ruled Assam, voter turnout was the highest in Silchar recording 74 per cent polling followed by Karimganj (SC) constituency with 72 per cent and Autonomous District (ST) comprising Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao districts 71 per cent.

1: 55 pm 37 percent voting in Assam till noon

Around 37 percent electorates cast their vote in Assam till noon. EVM malfunction was reported from the Autonomous District and Karimganj constituencies but they were replaced and voting continued uninterrupted, the sources said. source:zeenews

Guwahati: Voting for three Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam began Saturday at 7 a.m., officials said. Nearly 30 million are eligible to vote at 3,698 polling stations across the three constituencies of Silchar, Karimganj and Diphu.  The Karimgamj Lok Sabha seat is reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Diphu is reserved for the Scheduled Tribes.

For the second phase of polls, 37 candidates are in the fray. Polling for five constituencies was held April 7. The last phase of polling for remaining six seats takes place in the state April 24. ( Full covrage of phase-4 lok sabha election 2014 )

Bharatiya Janata Party's sitting MP Kabindra Purkayastha, Congress legislator Sushmita Deb, who is the daughter of veteran Congress leader and former union minister Santosh Mohan Deb, and Kutub Ahmed Mazumder of the All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) are in the fray for the Silchar seat. ( Lok sabha election 2014 All phases Covrage )

In Karimganj, 15 candidates, including BJP's Krishna Das, Congress' Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya and Radheshyam Biswas of the AIUDF are contesting. Five candidates, including the Congress' sitting member Biren Singh Engti and the BJP's Joyram Engleng, are fighting it out in the Diphu constituency. source:-NDTV

Phase - 1: Turnout in the five constituencies in Assam that went to the polls on Monday was 75%. Voting ended at 5pm and was peaceful...Full Read..

Important Links

Fourth Phase Poll:-

Candidates Contesting in Assam Parliamentary Constituencies

Short Summary of some Parliamentary Contituencies of Assam:-

• Prev
• Next