The final poll percentage for the second phase of the assembly elections in Assam is 80.96 percent, 1.03 percent more than the first phase total of 79.93 percent, election officials said on Friday. The voting percentage was mentioned as 77.21 percent at the end of polling Thursday but as per the updated figure, it has increased to 80.96 percent.
In the second phase, 81 percent of the total 37,34,537 male voters and 80.94 percent of the 36,09,959 females and 5.9 percent of the 135 third gender voters exercised their franchise. The highest percentage of 85.71 percent was registered in Mangaldoi and Katigora constituencies, followed by 85.59 percent in Katlcherra while the lowest of 73.89 percent was recorded at Karimganj (North), followed by 74.03 in Lakhipur and 74.55 percent in Silchar.
