Re-poll in 5 Assam polling stations tomorrow

Repoll would be held on Wednesday in five polling stations where 68% turnover was recordedin the 1st phase.

Re-poll would be held on Wednesday in five polling stations of Assam where an estimated 68 per cent turnover was recorded during the first phase of polling on Monday.

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The re-poll would be held from 7 am to 4 pm, the Election Commission said on Tuesday.

Amidst unprecedented security, an estimated 68 per cent of the 92 lakh electorate on Monday cast their votes in the first phase of assembly elections in the state.

The polls passed off peacefully in sharp contrast to militancy-marred democratic exercises in the last several decades.