April 21, 2022: The Assam Government has declared public holiday tomorrow, April 22 due to the elections for the Guwahati Municipal Corporation.

Voting for 57 of the 60 wards of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation will be 789 polling stations. This includes the 80 all women polling stations have been set up. Of the 60 wards, 50% are reserved for women candidates.

BJP candidates have won from three wards – Wards 5, 6 and 22, unopposed.

Counting of votes will take place on April 24.

There are 208 candidates in the fray.

There are a total of 7, 96, 829 voters out of which 3, 96,891 are male voters and 3, 99, 911 are female voters. The number of transgender voters are 27.

The Kamrup Metropolitan District Administration has declared Dry Days till 4.30 PM of April 22 due to upcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) elections. Counting day April 24 too has been declared Dry Day.