New Delhi: The first phase of elections in West Bengal and Assam got underway at 7 am Saturday.
According to the data of the Election Commission of India, Assam recorded a voter turnout of 10.21 per cent while 15.30 per cent voters in West Bengal exercised their franchise in the early hours till 10.24am.
West Bengal witnessed a peaceful polling in the early hours of Saturday with 14.28 per cent turnout recorded till 9 am. Assam registered 9.47 per cent turnout in the first two hours of polling.
Earlier, in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted urging people to cast votes.
“Your vote is your right. As we step into the first phase of #AssamAssemblyPolls, I call upon each and every eligible voter of Assam, especially the youth, to participate in this great exercise of democracy and cast your votes,” Sonowal tweeted.
In Assamese, Bengali and English, PM Narendra Modi tweeted urging young voters to exercise their franchise in record numbers.
“I call upon the people of Bengal to exercise their democratic right by coming out and voting in large numbers,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted.