Calm before the storm: How assembly elections 2016 turned out

Voters queueing up outside a polling booth during the first phase of Assam assembly elections 2016 at Gormur. (PTI Photo)

Updated on: May 19, 2016 11:32 AM IST

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Voters queueing up outside a polling booth during the first phase of Assam assembly elections 2016 at Gormur. (PTI Photo)

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Voters stand in a queue at a polling booth during the first phase of the Assam assembly polls in Silchar. (PTI Photo)

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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi with his wife Dolly Gogoi, after voting in the first phase of Assam assembly election, at Jorhat district of Assam. (PTI Photo)

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Security personnel keep vigil while people stand in a queue to cast their vote in Jorhat. (PTI Photo)

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A BJP election rally held before the Assam assembly elections at Chaygaon. (PTI Photo)

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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Anjan Dutta with his daughter and Congress candidate from Amguri LAC Angkita Dutta, after casting their votes in Amguri. (PTI Photo)

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Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma arrives for a Congress rally at Santipur village in Kamrup, Assam. (PTI Photo)

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Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa, with party leader M Thambidurai, releases the party's election manifesto in Perundurai. (PTI Photo)

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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi at an election rally ahead of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly elections at Umatchikulam, Madurai. (PTI Photo)

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Women stand in a queue to cast their votes at Masjid Talab Lane, Metiabruz, in Kolkata. (Subhendu Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi poses with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) election candidate Sarbananda Sonwal as he is given a traditional Assamese mask at an election rally in Assam. (Ujjal Deb/HT Photo)

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BJP candidate Sarbananda Sonowal, while campaigning for assembly elections at Salmora, Majuli of Assam. (Subhendu Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Voters wait in a line to vote at Kacharipatti in Birbhum district. (Subhendu Ghosh/HT Photo)

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Election materials and Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being distributed among polling officers before the first phase of assembly elections in Tezpur, Assam. (PTI Photo)

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Muslim women and Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity arrive to cast their votes during the third phase of West Bengal assembly elections in Kolkata. (Subhankar Chakraborty/HT Photo)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wearing an Assamese traditional hat, waves to the crowd during an election rally in Majuli, Assam. (PTI Photo)

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The Election Commission introduced Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for the first time in Kolkata this year. (Ashok Nath Dey/HT Photo)

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Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee casts her vote in Kolkata during the fifth phase of assembly elections. (Subhankar Chakraborty/HT Photo)

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Asgar Ali, 103, an enclave dweller cast his vote for the first time as an Indian citizen, at Cooch Behar. (PTI)