Updated Apr 29, 2021 · 10:39 pm West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | PTI
Voting for the eighth and final phase of the West Bengal elections began at 7 am and concluded around 6.30 pm on Wednesday. Thirty-five constituencies across the districts of Murshidabad, Malda, Kolkata and Birbhum voted in this phase.
More than 84 lakh voters elected from 285 candidates in the fray. A voter turnout of 76.07% was recorded till 6 pm, Election Commission data showed.
The results will be announced on May 2.
Multiple exit polls showed that the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress will come back to power in the state. However, the Bharatiya Janata Party will make gains in the vote share.
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WB Labour Min Escorted Out Of Meeting Venue By Police
Police had to escort West Bengal Labour Minister Malay ghatak out of Netaji Indoor Stadium, the venue of a meeting of a body working for the welfare of workers on Monday, when several contractual labourers demonstrated in front of him, threw chairs and tore off posters of senior leaders as issues raised by them were not addressed. Power Minister Sovondeb Chattopadhyay, Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim and Consumer Affairs Minister Sadhan Pandey were present at the meeting but had left before the contractual labourers belonging to the Self Employed Labour Organisation started demonstrations.