West Bengal gears up for Phase-VI Assembly polls tomorrow ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 12:55 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 21 (ANI): The West Bengal electoral battlefield is gearing up for the next bout of Khela as the sixth phase of voting for Assembly polls will be held on Thursday.
In Phase-VI, polling will be held in 43 constituencies in four districts to decide the fate of a total of 306 candidates including 27 women.
Among the 43 constituencies, nine are in Uttar Dinajpur, eight in Purba Bardhaman, nine in Nadia and 17 are in the North 24 Parganas district.
Over 1.03 crore voters including 50.65 lakh women and 256 of the third gender are there in this phase of the election. As many as 14,480 polling stations have been designated in the sixth phase.
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