WB Polls Phase VIII: 76.07 pc voter turnout recorded till 5:30 pm ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 17:49 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 29 (ANI): An approximate 76.07 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 5:30 pm on Thursday as the eighth and final phase of West Bengal assembly elections is underway, according to the Election Commission (EC).
Voting for the last phase of West Bengal assembly elections began at 7 am and will continue till 6:30 am.
Among the four districts, Birbhum recorded the highest voter turnout of 81.82 per cent till 5:30 pm. Constituency-wise, Hariharpara in the Murshidabad district recorded the highest voter turnout of 84.19 per cent followed by Labhpur in Birbhum district at 84.03 per cent. Jorasanko constituency in Kolkata witnessed the lowest voter turnout at 48.45 per cent.
Specially-abled voters cast their votes at a polling booth in Bolpur, Birbhum. [Photo/ANI]
West Bengal records 37.80 pc voter turnout till 11:30 am in final phase of assembly polls ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 11:56 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 29 (ANI): An approximate 37.80 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 11:30 am as the eighth and the final phase of West Bengal assembly elections is underway on Thursday, according to the Election Commission (EC).
Voting for the the last phase of West Bengal assembly elections began at 7 am and will continue till 6:30 am.
As many as 283 candidates, including 35 women, are in the fray in the last phase of the assembly elections where polling is being held in 35 constituencies in four districts.
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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar cast their votes at a polling booth in Chowringhee, Kolkata on Thursday. [Photo/ANI]
West Bengal Polls Phase VIII: Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar casts vote in Kolkata ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 12:31 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 29 (ANI): West Bengal GovernorJagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar on Thursday cast their votes at a polling booth in Chowringhee, Kolkata in the eighth and the final phase of state assembly elections.
Speaking on the occasion Dhankhar termed election as the greatest festival in democracy and expressed his happiness at the arrangements made for the voters to exercise their voting right with adherence to COVID protocols.
PM Modi urges people in West Bengal to cast vote, enrich the festival of democracy ANI | Updated: Apr 29, 2021 08:30 IST
New Delhi [India], April 29 (ANI): As voting began for the eighth and the last phase of West Bengal assembly elections amid a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged the people to cast their vote and also reminded people to follow the Covid-related protocols.
The Prime Minister in a tweet today said, Last phase of the 2021 West Bengal elections takes place today. In line with the COVID-19 protocols, I call upon people to cast their vote and enrich the festival of democracy.
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