West Bengal Elections 2021: 78 % voter turnout in fifth phase, EC says polling peaceful
The polling was held in six districts - Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Purba Bardhaman. (Image source: ANI)
Updated: Apr 17, 2021, 09:00 PM IST
West Bengal saw 78.36 % voter turnout till 6.30 pm in the fifth phase of the assembly election on Saturday (April 17). Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab said that the polling was held peacefully in 15,789 polling stations spread across 45 assembly constituencies.
The polling was held in six districts - Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Purba Bardhaman. Jalpaiguri recorded the highest turnout with 81.71 per cent, while Purba Bardhaman and Nadia registered 81.67 per cent and 81.50 per cent.
People must be allowed to vote, Mamata Banerjee said.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has labelled the killing of four people in central force firing at Cooch Behar a genocide and said the victims were sprayed with bullets in the chest and neck . This is genocide. They have fired just like a fire spray. They should have fired below the wait. But they have fired at neck and chest, she said.
Ms Banerjee, who was speaking at a press meet in Siliguri in north Bengal today, said, The CISF is not trained for mob control. Now they want to suppress facts. That s why they banned entry into Cooch Behar for 72 hours, she added.
Mamata Banerjee Provoked Bengal Poll Violence, Says Amit Shah Mamata Banerjee Provoked Bengal Poll Violence, Says Amit Shah The BJP leader s comments came after Mamata Banerjee demanded his resignation over the incident and labelled the killing of four people in central force firing at Cooch Behar a genocide .
West Bengal elections: Amit Shah urged people to vote in the remaining phases peacefully.
Kolkata:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s appeal to the people to target security forces provoked the clash in Cooch Behar district during voting on Saturday, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, rebuffing the Trinamool chief s accusations that he was responsible for the violence.
Kolkata: What was being feared as a distinct possibility and the portends of which were clearly evident all through campaigning and until three phases of polling in the 2021 assembly elections in West Bengal came through in the most ugly and unfortunate terms possible on Saturday morning as five people lost their lives in electoral violence in the fourth phase of electioneering in the state. A first-time voter was killed in violence while returning home after casting his vote at a polling booth in Cooch Behar district, while four others lost their lives when Central Forces opened fire on an armed mob outside polling booth No 126 at Jor Patki in the Seetalkuchi constituency of the same district later on Saturday morning.
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