Guwahati Oct 31 PTI Altogether 7377 per cent of nearly eight lakh eligible electors cast their votes in bye-elections to five Assembly constituencies in Assam that concluded peacefully on Saturday the Election Commission of India said Women voters exercised their franchise more than men while none of the four transgenders in the five constituencies voted the ECI data shared by a state government spokesperson said on Sunday Though the number of male voters in the five constituencies was more than women by a little over 10000 the voter turnout of women was 7338 per cent against 7317 per cent of male electors Thowra constituency recorded the highest voter turnout of 7756 per cent followed by Gossaigaon with 7720 per cent and Bhabanipur with 7684 per cent The lowest turnout was registered in Tamulpur with 6784 per cent of electors coming out to vote The voting percentage in the fifth constituency Mariani was 7170 the ECI figures said The electoral fate of 31 candidates has been sealed in the EVMs with eight each in the fray in Gossaigaon and Bhabanipur six in Tamulpur five in Thowra and four in Mariani Counting of votes will be taken up on November 2 A senior police official said on Saturday that no untoward incident had been reported from any of the constituencies where tight security was in place The bye-elections to Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated due to the death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhapanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats to join the ruling BJP PTI SSG MM MM

Guwahati Sep 28 PTI By-election to five assembly constituencies of Assam will be conducted on October 30 the Election Commission of India said on TuesdayCounting of votes will be undertaken on November 2 and the entire polling process will be completed by November 5 it saidWith the announcement of the election dates the model code of conduct in the districts where polling will be held would come into immediate effectBy-polls to Gossaigaon and Tamulpur have been necessitated due to the death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhapanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned to join the ruling BJPThe last date for filing of nomination is October 8 with scrutiny of the papers to be done on October 11 and October 16 is the deadine for withdrawal of nomination the EC saidIn the House of 126 seats the ruling BJP has 60 MLAs which includes the seat held by Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal who was on Monday elected to the Rajya SabhaIts allies Asom Gana Parishad and United Peoples Party Liberal have nine and five MLAs each respectivelyThe Congress has 27 legislators AIUDF 15 Bodoland Peoples Front 3 and CPIM has one There is one Independent MLA as well PTI SSG RBT RBT