An estimated 46.31 per cent of the 77,26,668 voters exercised their franchise till 1 pm in the five parliamentary constituencies of Guwahati, Assam, where the second phase of voting is underway on Friday, election officials said.

He said that the highest turnout of 49.72 percent was recorded in Darrang-Udalguri, followed by 49.14 percent in Karimganj, 46.40 percent in Diphu (ST), 44.48 percent in Nagaon and 40.23 percent in Silchar.

Voting started at 7 in the morning and will continue till 5 in the evening.

Prominent candidates who exercised their franchise were Assam Excise, Transport and Fisheries Minister Parimal Suklabaidya and his Congress rival Surya Kanta Sarkar in Silchar (SC), Congress candidate Joyram Angleng in Diphu (ST) and sitting Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi in Nagaon. Are.

A total of 77,26,668 voters, including 38,61,559 women and 179 people of both genders, will exercise their franchise across 9,133 polling stations.

Sixty-one candidates are in the fray in this phase.