Election Day Wrap: High Turnout, Peaceful Voting Marks Polls in Kerala, TN and Assam
The three-phase election in Assam, ended on April 6. In addition to three districts of Bengal, the Union Territory of Puducherry also went to polls.
Citizens stand in a queue to cast their votes at a polling station, during the third phase of Assam Assembly elections, in Guwahati, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: The elections to the assemblies of Kerala and Tamil Nadu took place following COVID-19 health protocol and involving lakhs of personnel on Tuesday, April 6.
In two states today was phase three of the assembly election, which also meant the final phase in Assam. Bengal, on day three, saw significant violence across the three districts where polling took place.
Bengal Polls: Stones pelted at Shahnawaz Hussain in Howrah, Trinamool denies charges
The BJP leader posted on social media a video in which he was seen showing two stones to the officer on duty and blaming the TMC for the alleged incident.
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KOLKATA: BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain alleged that stones were pelted at him in Howrah on Tuesday night when he was campaigning for the West Bengal assembly election.
The BJP leader posted on social media a video in which he was seen showing two stones to the officer on duty and blaming the TMC for the alleged incident.
Polling percentage in 3rd phase of Bengal polls better than Lok Sabha elections
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Over 79% polling in Bengal, 72% in Assam in 10 hours (Evening Roundup) Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, April 7 : The people of the 31 assembly constituencies in West Bengal have voted overwhelmingly in the third phase of election conducted on April 6. The final percentage data released by the commission shows that the overall percentage in the 31 assembly constituencies is 84.6, which is better compared to the last Lok Sabha polls that had a percentage of meagre 80.5 so far these assembly constituencies are concerned.
A district-wise analysis shows that 16 constituencies of South 24 Parganas district that went for the polls on last Tuesday have an average polling percentage of 85.5 followed by 8 constituencies of Hooghly district that has a percentage of 83.7 and the 7 constituencies of Howrah has polling average of 83.5.
by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 7, 2021 12:03 PM
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In 2016, the Trinamool had won 30 of the 31 seats that went to polls in phase three yesterday.
This time around that number is set to decrease. Here s how it happened.
The third phase of polling for 31 seats spread across the South 24 Parganas, Howrah and Hooghly districts of West Bengal, on Tuesday, was marred by violence.
But what was significant about Tuesdayâs poll violence was that the Trinamool was at the receiving end at many places.
Trinamool candidates and functionaries who had allegedly tried to interfere in the poll process by storming polling booths with their supporters were repelled back by BJP supporters.
West Bengal Elections 2021: Advantage TMC In Phase 3 Of Polls
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP had dented the TMC s bastion of Hooghly to a certain extent but South 24-Parganas and Howrah remained overwhelmingly on Mamata Banerjee s side. PTI Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-04-06T01:53:04+05:30 West Bengal Elections 2021: Advantage TMC In Phase 3 Of Polls outlookindia.com 2021-04-06T07:08:29+05:30
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee s party, the Trinamool Congress, has an edge over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samyukta Morcha of the Left-Congress-ISF alliance in the majority of the 31 Assembly seats going to the polls on Tuesday, the third of the eight-phase Bengal elections.