West Bengal Elections: 34 assembly constituencies spread across 5 districts are voting. (File)
Kolkata:
Bengal is voting for the 7th time today in the longest ever assembly election any state has seen, that too in the middle of the second wave of a pandemic that many are calling a tsunami. More than three lakh infections on a single day have been reported in the country.
In Bengal, in the last 24 hours, 15,889 new cases have been reported - the highest spike in the state ever. 57 have died.
In normal times, this phase - with 36 seats - would have been one of the most exciting, with high-profile ministers, film stars, fashion designers, so-called Trinamool Congress to BJP turncoats, student leaders and even a General (retired) in the race.
Muslim voters are set to be a key factor as incumbent government of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lock horns in the seventh phase of West Bengal assembly polls today.
All eyes will also be on some high-profile constituencies in Kolkata, where some key ministers of TMC are contesting.
Voting will be held in 34 out of 36 constituencies as polling for two assembly seats in Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district was cancelled following the death of two candidates with Covid-19.
Murshidabad and Malda districts are considered pockets of Muslim majority voters , where TMC will look to continue its dominance, said election experts.
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April 26, 2021 00:55 IST
Even at the height of the Left front’s reign over West Bengal, Mamata could count on winning its capital
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Polling officials on the eve of seventh phase of the West Bengal Assembly poll in Kolkata on Sunday. | Photo Credit:
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Even at the height of the Left front’s reign over West Bengal, Mamata could count on winning its capital
Eleven seats in Kolkata go to vote in the last two phases of polling in the West Bengal Assembly elections, and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has fielded political heavyweights to defend it. They include five senior Ministers in the West Bengal government, well-known sitting MLAs, and key faces of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
West Bengal elections 2021: Covid-19 fear grips voters as party biggies lock horns
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“Offering better healthcare is our motto, if Sanyukta Morcha is voted to power,” he said. “He had helped people during Covid lockdown and healthcare crisis,” said Asit Das, a resident of a slum on the fringes of Ballygunge’s Bondel gate area.
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There is a complete shift in the voters’ mind in West Bengal from the excitement about the high-decibel assembly poll to the surging pandemic wave in the state. The candidates in South Kolkata’s Ballygunge constituency one of them is a medical doctor are also following the same line.
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