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After over a month of voting – staggered across eight phases and held under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic – results for the West Bengal Assembly elections will be out on Sunday.
The districts are Murshidabad, Malda, South 24-Parganas, North 24-Parganas, Birbhum and Uttar Dinajpur. In these six districts taken together, Muslims make up 42.04% of the population.
Elections 2021, పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ తుది దశ పోలింగ్లోనూ భారీగా పోలింగ్ నమోదైంది. గురువారం 35 స్థానాలకు జరిగిన ఎనిమిదో విడత పోలింగ్లో 76.07శాతం పోలింగ్ నమోదైనట్టు కేంద్ర ఎన్నికల సంఘం వెల్లడించింది. కరోనా భయాలను కూడా ఖాతరు చేయకుండా పెద్ద సంఖ్యలో ఓటర్లు వచ్చి తమ ఓటు హక్కుని వినియోగించుకున్నారు.
Sporadic violence in Birbhum, Murshidabad, crude bombs hurled in Jorasanko during last phase of Bengal
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Sporadic violence in Birbhum, Murshidabad, crude bombs hurled in Jorasanko during last phase of BengalET Bureau
Last Updated: Apr 29, 2021, 09:11 PM IST
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Several constituencies in Kolkata too witnessed clashes while polling was underway. As of 6 pm, the voter turnout in the state was 76.07%. Over 84.77 lakh voters exercised their franchise in 11,860 polling stations in the four districts.
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Of the 35 seats which were being contested on Thursday, a triangular contest is expected at least in six Maldah and 11 Murshidabad seats, where there is a fight for dominant Muslim votes.