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West Bengal: Voting begins for fourth phase polls
By ANI| Posted by Sameer | Updated: 10th April 2021 7:17 am IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo/ANI))
Kolkata: Voting for 44 constituencies in West Bengal’s fourth phase Assembly elections began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security.
This phase of the elections will witness an intense battle between 373 candidates in 44 constituencies of the state across five districts – Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly.
Among the 44 constituencies, nine are in Howrah, 10 in Hooghly, 11 in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar and nine in Cooch Behar.
Over one crore voters
Voting begins for West Bengal fourth phase polls ANI | Updated: Apr 10, 2021 07:01 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 10 (ANI): Voting for 44 constituencies in West Bengal s fourth phase Assembly elections began at 7 am on Saturday amid tight security.
This phase of the elections will witness an intense battle between 373 candidates in 44 constituencies of the state across five districts - Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly.
Among the 44 constituencies, nine are in Howrah, 10 in Hooghly, 11 in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar and nine in Cooch Behar.
A total of 1,15,81,022 voters will participate in this phase, out of which 2,63,016 are first-time voters. The smallest constituency is Bally with 1,76,001 electorates whereas Chunchura is the biggest constituency with 3,13,701 electorates.
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A security person stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station, during the 4th phase of Assembly elections at Bhangar, in South 24 Pargana (For representative purpose only - PTI
A security person stands guard as people wait to cast their votes at a polling station, during the 4th phase of Assembly elections at Bhangar, in South 24 Pargana (For representative purpose only - PTI×
Details of the firing has been sought by the Election Commission of India.
At least four people, including a first-time voter, were killed across two separate incidents in Cooch Behar, West Bengal.
Bengal elections: Babul Supriyo (right) will take on sitting MLA Arup Biswas at Tollygunge.
Kolkata:
More than one crore people in five districts of Bengal will decide what the next five years will look like for Union Minister Babul Supriyo, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s lieutenant Partha Chatterjee and others, as the fourth phase of polling for the highly charged state elections takes place today.
More than 370 candidates, including movie stars, MPs and even a cricketer, are on the ticket in 44 constituencies spread over Cooch Behar and Alipurduar districts in north Bengal and parts of South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hoogly in the state s south.