Long queues were witnessed outside most of the polling booths till 10 a.m. The approximate voter turnout trend till 10 a.m. in Bankura district was 16.05 per cent, Paschim Medinipur 17.33, Purbo Medinipur 16.91 and South 24 Parganas 8.69 per cent, according to the Election Commission's voter turnout App. Voting began at 7 a.m. Thursday amid tight security with all eyes on Nandigram where Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is locked in a fierce battle with confidante-turned-adversary Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP. Many, including the first-time voters, reached polling stations well before the voting began to decide the fate of 171 candidates, -- 152 male, 19 female -- in the fray in these elections across four districts of South 24 Parganas, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur and Bankura.