Polling for Guwahati Municipal Corporation polls begin
Guwahati Apr 22 PTI Polling for Guwahati Municipal Corporation GMC being held after a gap of nine years began on a brisk note on Friday morningPeople queued up in front of the polling stations under a clear sky to elect their new councillorsAltogether 197 candidates are in the fray in 57 wards while BJP candidates in three wards have already been elected uncontestedElectronic Voting Machines EVMs are being used for all the wards under the GMC for the first timeA total electorate of 796829 comprising 396891 males 399911 females and 27 of the third gender is eligible to exercise their franchiseThe counting of votes will be undertaken on April 24Political parties had gone all out to woo the voters promising a flood-free and crime-free city with piped water to all households and all other basic civic amenities in the run up to the pollsChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led the BJPs election campaign addressing multiple rallies across the city while the saffron partys coalition partner at Dispur Asom Gana Parishads AGP campaign was helmed by Agriculture Minister and party president Atul BoraThe BJP has fielded candidates in 53 wards while AGP is contesting in the remaining sevenAssam Pradesh Congress Committee chief Bhupen Borah led the states main Opposition party on its campaign trailThe Congress has put up candidates in 54 wardsThe other parties were also not to be left behind with Aam Aadmi Party bringing in its Delhi MLA Atishi Marlena to woo voters while Assam Jatiya Parishad had its chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi leading the campaignBesides door-to-door canvassing and rallies the parties took out car and bike rallies through the streets of the city with the campaign reaching its crescendo on Wednesday when the campaign endedThe notification for elections to the 60 wards of GMC was issued on March 23 and the model code of conduct came into force with immediate effect PTI SSG SSG RG RG
Guwahati Apr 22 PTI Polling for Guwahati Municipal Corporation GMC being held after a gap of nine years began on a brisk note on Friday morningPeople queued up in front of the polling stations under a clear sky to elect their new councillorsAltogether 197 candidates are in the fray in 57 wards while BJP candidates in three wards have already been elected uncontestedElectronic Voting Machines EVMs are being used for all the wards under the GMC for the first timeA total electorate of 796829 comprising 396891 males 399911 females and 27 of the third gender is eligible to exercise their franchiseThe counting of votes will be undertaken on April 24Political parties had gone all out to woo the voters promising a flood-free and crime-free city with piped water to all households and all other basic civic amenities in the run up to the pollsChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led the BJPs election campaign addressing multiple rallies across the city while the saffron partys coalition partner at Dispur Asom Gana Parishads AGP campaign was helmed by Agriculture Minister and party president Atul BoraThe BJP has fielded candidates in 53 wards while AGP is contesting in the remaining sevenAssam Pradesh Congress Committee chief Bhupen Borah led the states main Opposition party on its campaign trailThe Congress has put up candidates in 54 wardsThe other parties were also not to be left behind with Aam Aadmi Party bringing in its Delhi MLA Atishi Marlena to woo voters while Assam Jatiya Parishad had its chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi leading the campaignBesides door-to-door canvassing and rallies the parties took out car and bike rallies through the streets of the city with the campaign reaching its crescendo on Wednesday when the campaign endedThe notification for elections to the 60 wards of GMC was issued on March 23 and the model code of conduct came into force with immediate effect PTI SSG SSG RG RG
