The other two seats going to polls in the first phase are Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri. The Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases in West Bengal, which has 42 seats.
The fate of as many as 37 candidates, including that of a Union Minister, will be sealed on Friday in the first phase of elections in three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal.Of the three constituencies, Cooch Behar will be under special .
The Rajbanshis are the largest Scheduled Caste (SC) group in West Bengal, with a population of around 50,00,000. Since Independence they have been demanding a separate state for themselves which they believe existed long before the contours of India came into existence. Given their large population, the Rajbanshi vote will have significant impact in the upcoming general elections.
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