Assam Records Over 77% Turnout In Phase 2 Of Polls, 5 Injured In Violence

The polling, which was largely peaceful, reported stray incidents of violence in Sonai and Kalaigaon constituencies in which five people were injured.

A voter turnout of around 77.21 per cent was recorded in the second phase of the assembly election in Assam on Thursday. The turnout dropped when compared to 82.7 per cent in 2016. The polling, which was largely peaceful, reported stray incidents of violence in Sonai and Kalaigaon constituencies in which five people were injured. At Sonai in Cachar district, according to police sources, the personal security officer to former Deputy Speaker Aminul Islam Laskar of the BJP had fired a few rounds of bullets to protect the MLA when he was "gheraoed" by the public. "According to reports, three people sustained injury in the incident," a top police official said.