80.96 Per Cent Voting In 2nd Phase Of Assam Polls According To Updated Figure

The voting percentage was mentioned as 77.21 per cent at the end of polling Thursday but as per the updated figure it has increased to 80.96 per cent.

The final poll percentage for the second phase of assembly polls in Assam is 80.96 per cent, 1.03 per cent more than the first phase total of 79.93 per cent, election officials said on Friday. The voting percentage was mentioned as 77.21 per cent at the end of polling Thursday but as per the updated figure it has increased to 80.96 per cent. A total of 39 constituencies had gone to vote in the second phase of polling the previous day. In the second phase, 81 per cent of the total 37,34,537 male electorate and 80.94 per cent of the 36,09,959 females and 5.9 per cent of the 135 third gender voters exercised their franchise.