538 papers filed for Phase-11 Asom polls

Saturday, March 25, 2006, 17:33 [IST]

Guwahati, Mar 25 (UNI) Altogether 538 nominations were filed for the second phase of Asom polls, slated for April 10.

Over 300 nominations were filed yesterday on the last day of filing papers for the final phase of polling in the state.

Prominent among those who filed nominations yesterday were AGP president Brindabon Goswami, former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Minister of state for Home Rockibul Hussain and president Badruddin Azmal, the perfume magnet.

Altogether 61 constituencies are scheduled to go to the polls in the second phase in which 82,27,631 voters will exercise their franchise.

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