A voter turnout of 20.5 per cent was recorded during the first three hours in the five Lok Sabha seats in Assam where elections were underway in the first phase on Friday.
Sonitpur recorded a turnout of 20.54 per cent, followed by 22.33 per cent in Jorhat, 21.65 per cent in Lakhimpur, 20.74 per cent in Kaziranga, and 21.57 per cent in Dibrugarh.
The polling, which began at 7 am, would continue till 5 pm.
A total of 86,47,869 voters will decide the fate of 35 candidates in these five seats.
