New Delhi, April 9 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has stated that it is fully prepared to conduct polling for the General Election to the Assam Legislative Assembly, 2026, in a free, fair, and peaceful manner, with voting across all 126 assembly constituencies scheduled to be held in a single phase on April 9. According to the press release by the EC, under the leadership of the Chief Electoral Officer of Assam, Anurag Goel, all concerned are carrying out their responsibilities with utmost diligence. To ensure strict monitoring of all aspects, including law and order and election expenditure, the EC has already deployed central observers. In addition, under the SVEEP (Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation) programme, extensive awareness campaigns have been undertaken to encourage greater voter participation across the State. To strengthen the monitoring mechanism, webcasting facilities have been arranged in accordance with the Commission's directions. Webcasting has been enabled in all 31,490 polling stations, including 31,486 main polling stations and 4 auxiliary polling stations. A total of 1,51,132 polling personnel have been deployed for the conduct of the election....