Assam: Polling for Majuli by-election underway

Mar 07, 2022

Dispur (Assam) [India], March 7 : Polling for the by-election to the Majuli (ST) legislative assembly seat began early on Monday.
Polling percentage of 11.42 was recorded between 7 am to 9 am, Election Commission of India said.

The counting of the votes will take place on March 10.
The Majuli assembly seat fell vacant last year after Union Minister for Shipping, Ports and Aysuh Sarbananda Sonowal who was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in September last year.

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