Kokrajhar, Sept 23: The elections to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) witnessed enthusiastic participation from voters across Kokrajhar, Baksa and Udalguri districts today, with overall polling percentages remaining significantly high at 77%.

In Kokrajhar district, peaceful polling marked the scene across the 12 BTC constituencies. A voter turnout of 77.97% was recorded.

The voter response in both rural and urban areas was higher compared to previous elections, with large numbers turning up in remote villages and urban polling stations witnessing their peak during the morning hours.

In many areas, women in their colourful traditional attire were seen queuing outside booths since 7 am, half an hour before polling began.

No untoward incidents were reported from the entire region t

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