Updated On: 01 April, 2021 12:00 AM IST | Guwahati | ANI
Voting for the second and penultimate phase of Assam assembly elections was temporarily stopped at polling stations at Silchar and Nagaon due to EVM malfunctions.

Voters wait in queue to cast their ballots at a polling station during Phase 2 of Assam`s legislative election in Mangaldoi, some 75 km from Guwahati. Pic/AFP
Assam recorded a voter turnout of 73.03 per cent till 5.30 pm on Thursday across 39 constituencies in 13 districts during the second phase of the state assembly polls, according to the Election Commission (EC).
The second phase of polling for assembly elections in the states of West Bengal and Assam began at 7 am on Thursday and is currently underway.