Guwahati, April 11 (IANS) Voting has begun for the second and final phase of assembly elections being held in 64 of the 126 constituencies in Assam Monday. The voting, which started at 7.00 a.m. in all the 64 assembly constituencies, will last till 3.00 p.m. in 11,589 polling stations, said officials.
"We expect free and fair polling with adequate security arrangements made," an election official said.
 
 An estimated 9.7 million voters would decide the fate of 496 candidates in the fray in this final phase.
 
 The first phase April 11 sealed the fate of 485 candidates with an estimated 73 percent polling recorded in 62 assembly seats.
 
 The election results will be declared May 13.
 
 Over 40,000 police and paramilitary troopers have been deployed at various places, with authorities not taking any chance despite a general lull on the insurgency front.
 
 Among the prominent candidates whose fate will be sealed in Monday's voting are Chandra Mohan Patowary, president of the main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), two time former chief minister and AGP senior Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, Congress ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rockybul Hussain, besides at least 41 women candidates.