The polling for the first phase of the Panchayat Election 2025 took place on Friday, May 2, in 14 districts of Upper Assam and Barak Valley.
Voting is taking place in 14 districts – Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Majuli, Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Cachar, Hailakandi and Sribhumi.
Voting started at 7.30 am and will conclude at 4.30 pm.
A total of 639 candidates are contesting for the posts of zila parishad members, whereas for anchalik panchayat members, 2,608 candidates are in the fray.
Polling is taking place in zilla parishad constituencies and 94 anchalik panchayat constituencies and 1,139 gaon panchayat constituencies. The number of polling stations for the first phase is 12,916.
Over 89.60 lakh voters are registered to cast their vote in the first phase election, of whom about 44.66 lakh are male voters and 44.93 lakh are female voters.
