<p>A total of 7,96,456 voters are eligible to decide the fate of 31 candidates in the by-elections to five assembly seats in Assam on October 30, an official release said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Of the total electorate, 4,03,374 are males, 3,93,078 females and four are transgender. There are a total of 3,165 service voters, while 8,864 electors are aged above 80 and 4,998 are People with Disability (PwD), the CEO release said.</p>.<p>By-elections to the Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra constituencies will be held on October 30.</p>.<p>The counting of votes will be taken up on November 2 and the entire polling process will be over by November 5.</p>.<p>A total of 43,229 voters were added to the electoral roll after revision. Tamulpur has the highest number of electors at 2,17,432, while Thowra has the lowest at 1,15,971.</p>.<p>The Election Commission of India has banned exit polls related to the by-elections and the CEO's office urged everyone to abide by the ECI guidelines.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/alert-in-assam-over-threats-from-isi-al-qaeda-1041837.html" target="_blank">Alert in Assam over threats from ISI, al-Qaeda</a></strong></p>.<p>By-elections in Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated following the deaths of sitting MLAs, while the incumbents of Bhabanipur, Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats and joined the ruling BJP.</p>.<p>UPPL had won the Gossaigaon seat in this year's assembly election, while BPF had bagged Tamulpur. The Congress had won Mariani and Thowra, while Bhabanipur was cornered by AIUDF.</p>.<p>In the 126-member House, the BJP has 59 legislators, while its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) have nine and five MLAs respectively.</p>.<p>The Congress has 27 MLAs, AIUDF 15, Bodoland People's Front three and CPI(M) one MLA, while there is also an Independent legislator.</p>.<p>Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal has vacated his seat following his recent nomination to the Rajya Sabha but the ECI has not yet announced by-election to his Majuli seat. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>A total of 7,96,456 voters are eligible to decide the fate of 31 candidates in the by-elections to five assembly seats in Assam on October 30, an official release said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Of the total electorate, 4,03,374 are males, 3,93,078 females and four are transgender. There are a total of 3,165 service voters, while 8,864 electors are aged above 80 and 4,998 are People with Disability (PwD), the CEO release said.</p>.<p>By-elections to the Gossaigaon, Bhabanipur, Tamulpur, Mariani and Thowra constituencies will be held on October 30.</p>.<p>The counting of votes will be taken up on November 2 and the entire polling process will be over by November 5.</p>.<p>A total of 43,229 voters were added to the electoral roll after revision. Tamulpur has the highest number of electors at 2,17,432, while Thowra has the lowest at 1,15,971.</p>.<p>The Election Commission of India has banned exit polls related to the by-elections and the CEO's office urged everyone to abide by the ECI guidelines.</p>.<p><strong>Also read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/alert-in-assam-over-threats-from-isi-al-qaeda-1041837.html" target="_blank">Alert in Assam over threats from ISI, al-Qaeda</a></strong></p>.<p>By-elections in Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated following the deaths of sitting MLAs, while the incumbents of Bhabanipur, Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats and joined the ruling BJP.</p>.<p>UPPL had won the Gossaigaon seat in this year's assembly election, while BPF had bagged Tamulpur. The Congress had won Mariani and Thowra, while Bhabanipur was cornered by AIUDF.</p>.<p>In the 126-member House, the BJP has 59 legislators, while its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) have nine and five MLAs respectively.</p>.<p>The Congress has 27 MLAs, AIUDF 15, Bodoland People's Front three and CPI(M) one MLA, while there is also an Independent legislator.</p>.<p>Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal has vacated his seat following his recent nomination to the Rajya Sabha but the ECI has not yet announced by-election to his Majuli seat. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>