Second phase polling: 13.14 per cent voter till 9 am in West Bengal ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 09:50 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): A voter turnout of 13.14 per cent was recorded till 9 am on Thursday in the second phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal.
Paschim Medinipur recorded the highest turnout among districts, while among constituencies, Indus reported the maximum voter turnout.
In phase-II, a total of 30 assembly constituencies from the districts of South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur are heading in to vote.
Out of the 171 candidates in the fray, 152 are men and the remaining are women.
The total number of electorates in the second phase is 75,94,549. The smallest constituency is Bishnupur with 2,18,690 electorates whereas Daspur in Paschim Medinipur is the biggest constituency with 2,97,849 electorates.
West Bengal Assembly election: Voting begins for second phase
By ANI| Posted by Sameer | Published: 1st April 2021 7:11 am IST ANI
Kolkata: Voting for the second phase of the West Bengal assembly election began at 7 am on Thursday.
In phase-II, a total of 30 Assembly constituencies from the districts of South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur are heading in to vote.
171 candidates
Out of the 171 candidates in the fray, 152 are men and the remaining are women. It means only 11 per cent of the candidates are women.
Among these candidates, two are undoubtedly the most prominent figures, that is, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former ministerial colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in December last year. Nandigram is all set to witness the most high-profile contest with Banerjee and Adhikari taking on each other.
Hours before polling started for the second phase of the assembly election in West Bengal, a Trinamool Congress worker was allegedly stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Paschim Medinipur, police said on Thursday.
West Bengal polls: Voter turnout reaches 58.15 pc till 1:29 pm amid allegations of booth capturing
West Bengal polls: Voter turnout reaches 58.15 pc till 1:29 pm amid allegations of booth capturing ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 13:50 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 1 (ANI): Amid allegations of booth capturing by both main parties, the voter turnout for the West Bengal Assembly elections reached 58.15 per cent till 1:29 pm on Thursday.
Purba Medinipur recorded the highest turnout among the other four districts, while the Moyna constituency has beat other constituencies in terms of turnout.
Voting for the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly election began at 7 am on Thursday.
Mahua Moitra alleges over 150 EVMs malfunctioned in Bengal phase II polls ANI | Updated: Apr 01, 2021 12:28 IST
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday alleged that over 150 Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) are malfunctioning since the second phase of the West BengalAssembly elections began on Thursday.
Taking to Twitter, she made a snide remark towards the Election Commission of India (ECI), saying that it could have put half as much effort into ensuring no EVM glitches as it did into transferring police officials. More than 150 EVM machines malfunctioning since Phase II voting started this morning Wish @ECISVEEP had put half as much effort into ensuring no EVM glitches as it did into transferring police officials, tweeted Moitra.