Polling turnout in Assam stood at an all-time high of 81.52 per cent, reports Assam Tribune on April 24. The polling percentage this time is the highest ever recorded in Assam in any Parliamentary elections so far. It surpassed the previous highest figure of 80.12 per cent which was recorded in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The Lok Sabha (lower house of Indian Parliament) elections were held in three phases in Assam on April 11, April 18 and April 23. While five constituencies – Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaliabor, Lakhimpur and Tezpur – went to the polls in the first phase on April 11, another five constituencies – Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District (Diphu), Nagaon and Mangaldoi – went to the elections in the second phase on April 18. In the third phase, on April 23, polling took place in four constituencies – Guwahati, Dhubri, Barpeta and Kokrajhar.