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Assam Assembly Elections 2016: Congress releases first list of candidates for
In Assam, polling for the first phase of polls will be held on April 4 in 65 seats.
Guwahati: The Congress on Tuesday released its first list of 65 candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections.
In Assam, polling for the first phase of polls will be held on April 4 in 65 seats.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be held on March 19, while March 21 is the last date of withdrawal of nominations.
Assam has a total of 1 crore 98 lakh voters. Boats, buses, elephants and helicopters will be pressed into service to ferry men and materials during polls.
The Election Commission has announced two-phase voting for the 14th Assam Assembly elections on April 4 and 11, while the votes will be counted on May19.
The tenure of the Tarun Gogoi government comes to an end in June.