West Bengal Votes In 7th Phase As Covid Cases Rise. See Pics West Bengal Assembly Election: Voting is being held at 12,068 polling stations spread over nine assembly constituencies.
Updated: April 26, 2021 9:20 am IST
West Bengal Assembly Election: Over 81 lakh voters will decide the fate of 284 candidates in this phase.
New Delhi:
Polling began at 7 am today for 34 seats in the seventh phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, amid tight security and a rampaging second wave of COVID-19.
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Over 81 lakh voters will decide the political fate of 284 candidates in this phase.
Voting is being held at 12,068 polling stations spread over nine assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Paschim Bardhaman districts, six each in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and four in Kolkata, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee s home turf Bhabanipur.
WB polls: People will vote for Mamata, says TMC candidate from Bhowanipore ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 09:06 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 26 (ANI): Trinamool Congress candidate from Bhowanipore constituency, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Monday said that people will vote for Mamata Banerjee as her projects and her development has reached all homes in the state. People will vote for Mamata Banerjee. Her projects, her development has reached all homes. This election is being held on those issues. I have been in politics since 1962. This is the first time I am voting for myself, he said after casting his vote in the seventh phase of polling of the ongoing assembly elections.
Abhishek Banerjee slams BJP for COVID-19 situation, claims Mamata will secure two-thirds majority in Assembly ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 08:33 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 26 (ANI): Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee exuded confidence that his aunt and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will secure a two-thirds majority in the ongoing Assembly elections.
After casting his vote in Bhowanipore, Abhishek Banerjee told the media: From whatever little I have gathered from my own experience and wisdom, I am extremely confident that Mamata Banerjee is going to come back with a two-thirds majority. We have complete faith in the people.
Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling on April 10, an Election Commission official said.
The poll panel has deployed at least 796 companies of central forces in the seventh phase to ensure free and fair voting, he said.
It has also put in place measures to ensure strict adherence to health protocols during the election process, including wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing.
The state registered its highest single-day spike of 15,889 COVID-19 cases on Sunday, while 57 more people succumbed to the virus.