'Tampered' EVM in Assam votes only for BJP

The purpose of conducting trial polling was to check whether an EVM was working properly, he said.

"The other EVMs across the state will also be checked as per standard procedure in the presence of representatives of all political parties," Vijayendra said.

The Jorhat Lok Sabha seat has Congress stalwart and former Union minister Bijoy Krishna Handique locking horns with BJP youth and tea tribal leader Kamakhya Tasa. This will be Handique's record seventh successive attempt for the Lok Sabha election. Jorhat goes to the polls on April 7.

With 4.5 lakh first time voters, Assam will see an electorate of 1.87 crore exercising their franchise during the Lok Sabha elections in three phase on April 7, 12 and 24.

The elections will be held in 24,275 polling stations across the state, an increase of 28.93 per cent from 18,828 booths in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.