Updated Apr 17, 2021 | 00:01 IST
The fifth phase of West Bengal assembly elections on Saturday will be held with the deployment of 1,071 companies of central forces for ensuring a peaceful election. Representational image | Photo Credit: PTI
Kolkata: Voting for the fifth phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal will be held on Saturday amid a raging second wave of Covid-19. This phase has 45 assembly constituencies in six districts - Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, and Purba Bardhaman.
Over one crore voters in West Bengal will cast their ballot to decide the political fate of 342 candidates. Voting will be held at 15,789 polling stations in the 45 constituencies 16 seats in North 24 Parganas, eight each in Purba Bardhaman and Nadia, seven in Jalpaiguri, five in Darjeeling and one in Kalimpong district.
EVMs, VVPATs found at TMC leader s home, poll official suspended
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The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended.
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The EVMs and VVPATs were seized and the officer suspended. Four EVMs and a similar number of VVPATs were found at the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal s Howrah district, following which a poll official was suspended, a senior officer said on Tuesday.
The incident happened in Tulsiberia village in the Uluberia Uttar assembly segment, he said.
Villagers spotted a vehicle with an Election Commission sticker outside the house of the TMC leader in the early hours, after which they started protesting, he added.
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Big Tuesday Show: Voting on 475 seats in Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry
Voting will be held across 475 seats in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry on April 6, Tuesday, the busiest day of the ongoing election season. The polling will take place in a single phase in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry while Assam will witness its third and final round of voting. This will be Bengal s third round in the eight-phase election ending April 29.Â
Tamil Nadu will have a contest for 234 seats, Kerala for 140 seats, Assam for 40 constituencies, Bengal for 31 seats, and Puducherry for all 30 seats. Apart from assembly elections, two Lok Sabha seats â Malappuram and Kanyakumari â will also vote on the same day.