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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. As many as 15,940 polling stations will be used, including 12,361 main and 3,579 auxiliary stations.
West Bengal Assembly polls fourth phase live updates | Miscreants open fire at voters queue in Cooch Behar, one killed
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The Election Commission has deployed 793 companies of central armed security forces for the fourth phase. This is the highest-ever deployment in the ongoing polls in the State.
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Polling officials check EVMs and other materials at a distribution centre, on the eve of fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly polls, in Kolkata on April 9, 2021. | Photo Credit:
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The Election Commission has deployed 793 companies of central armed security forces for the fourth phase. This is the highest-ever deployment in the ongoing polls in the State.
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Lockett Chatterjee is a BJP MP from Hooghly and also a candidate in the assembly elections
Kolkata:
BJP MP Lockett Chatterjee’s car – and those associated with the press – were attacked on Saturday morning by a mob of angry locals at polling station number 66 in Hooghly district of Bengal, where polling The fourth phase has an unstable and tense assembly election Started at 7 am.
In scenes shared by news agency ANI, a black sedan – believed to be Ms. Chatterjee’s car – is toppled down by a sea of raging men and women – many of whom are without masks, and social distinctions Show no care for – shouting in Bengali and pointed fingers at car occupants.
April 10, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign in Krishnanagar on Saturday - -×
76.16 per cent turnout in fourth phase On a day when at least four people were killed in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, after central forces opened fire in “self-defence” against “miscreants” during polling, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, for unnecessarily “instigating” her workers against security personnel.
Across two public rallies held on Saturday, one each in Siliguri and another in Krishnanagar, the Prime Minister attacked Banerjee for repeated insinuations and trying to “foment violence” on poll days by “attacking central forces”. The idea, he alleged, was to create an atmosphere of fear and violence like previous years so that people do not come out to vote in large numbers.