As second phase voting concluded on Monday at 5 pm, it finally ringed the curtains down on assembly polls in Assam. Altogether, the fates of 525 candidates were sealed in various electronic voting machines across 61 constituencies, spread across central and lower Assam. High voter turnout was again witnessed in the second phase poll.

As per preliminary estimates of the election commission, the state witnessed a high voter turnout of 82 per cent. The turnout too was around 82 per cent in the first phase. The 2016 Assam election saw neck to neck contest between the ruling ...