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Although the first phase of polling for the Lok Sabha election has been majorly incident-free till noon, workers of the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party clashed in West Bengal, and a CRPF officer suffered injury in an IED blast in Bastar, Chattisgarh.
The maximum polling percentage was recorded at Alipurduar at 15.91, followed by Cooch Behar at 15.26 per cent and Jalpaiguri at 14.13.
EC directs TMC minister to stay ‘within his booth area’ after getting BJP complaint
Amid reports of violence from West Bengal on the first day of polling for Lok Sabha election, BJP leader Agnimitra Paul has said "Bengal has turned into Bihar" and alleged that the Trinamool Congress is trying to silence opponents
In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, and Alipurduars constituencies will go to polls. Union Minister Nisith Pramanik faces TMC's Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia. Both BJP and TMC are campaigning vigorously. The Election Commission has made security arrangements due to past incidents of violence.