Polling Rate Lower In Tense Nandigram Than Rest Of Bengal West Bengal Assembly Election: The key seat still recorded a turnout of 69.53% amid allegations of voter intimidation by both TMC and the BJP Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-04-01T18:24:01+05:30 Polling Rate Lower In Tense Nandigram Than Rest Of Bengal outlookindia.com 2021-04-01T23:31:34+05:30 Also read Nandigram, the seat of the state's highest-profile electoral battle in this Assembly election, has recorded a lower polling rate than the other seats voting on Thursday in the second of the eight-phase polling. The seat has remained tense since morning, amid allegations against both Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of intimidating voters whom they thought to be potential voters of the opponent camp.