Assam Assembly Elections 2016, Live Update on West Bengal Phase 1 Poll
Live | West Bengal Elections 2016 Phase 4: 42.01% turnout till 11 am; couple of Left candidates 'heckled'
Amidst unprecedented security to preempt any violence, polling for the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly polls which will seal the fate of a number of Trinamool Congress ministers, begin on Monday morning.
Across 49 seats in North 24 Parganas, Bidhannagar and Howrah district, a total of 1.08 crore voters will exercise their franchise in about 12,500 polling stations from 7 am to 6 pm.
West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016
Voters will have 345 candidates, including a number of Trinamool ministers like Amit Mitra, Purnendu Basu, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Bratya Basu, Jyotipriyo Mullick and Aroop Roy to choose from.Out of them, only 40 candidates are women.
West Bengal Elections 2016 Live: 21.69 per cent voting
Following reports of violence in the third phase of polling which left at least one CPI-M worker dead, the Election Commission has made unprecedented security arrangements for this phase. Post poll violence saw death of three opposition party leaders.All eyes will be on former state transport and sports minister Madan Mitra, who is contesting from Kamarhati seat in North 24 Parganas district from Alipore jail. Madan Mitra was arrested by CBI in December 2014 in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam case.
State Finance Minister Amit Mitra, who was secretary-general of FICCI before joining politics in the 2011 Assembly polls, is once again in the fray from the Khardaha seat in North 24 Parganas.
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Greenhorns in the ring in this phase include former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya's daughter Vaishali and former Bengal cricket captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla - both contesting on TMC tickets.Shukla is pitted against actress-turned-politician Rupa Ganguly of BJP from North Howrah seat.
TMC won 43 out of the 49 seats in 2011, and has only increased its strength in the last 5 years. The party is expected to win majority of the seats in this phase although the opposition will hope that the recent spate of negative news will hamper chances of Mamata's outfit.
Assam Assembly Elections 2016
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total of 672 companies of central forces and 23,000 state police
personnel have been deployed, in addition to other measures, to ensure
free and fair polls in the two districts, considered volatile in view of
their history of political clashes and poll-related disturbances in
past elections.
Two other phases of the six-phase long Bengal election will be held on April 30 and May 5 while results will be out on May 19.
Issues like the 'Syndicate Raj' (local real estate
cartel), Saradha chit fund scam and Narada sting operation dominated the
campaigns of this poll.
Greenhorns in the fray in this phase include former
BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya's daughter Vaishali and former Bengal
cricket captain Laxmi Ratan Shukla - both of whom are fighting on TMC
tickets.
All eyes will be on jailed former transport and
sports minister Madan Mitra, who is contesting from Kamarhati seat in
North 24 Parganas district. Mitra was arrested by CBI in December 2014
in the multi-crore rupee Saradha chit fund scam. This is the first time
that a high-profile candidate is fighting elections in West Bengal from
jail.
Today, voters will have 345 candidates, including a
number of Trinamool ministers like Amit Mitra, Purnendu Basu, Chandrima
Bhattacharya, Bratya Basu, Jyotipriyo Mullick and Aroop Roy to choose
from.
As the 4th Phase of the West Bengal polls commences, calling upon those who are voting today to do so in record numbers. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 25, 2016
Two more CPM men shot-at in Domkal, Murshidabad.
Rintu Mondal and Akhtarul Mondal admitted to Murshidabad Medical College
hospital. Polling was temporarily stopped in some booths due to
violence.
Goons with pistols in Burdwan
Goons seen brandishing pistols in Burdwan as third phase of polling is underway in West Bengal pic.twitter.com/aAzRstlHP0 — ANI (@ANI_news) April 21, 2016
The 62 seats that poll in the third phase in West
Bengal on Thursday can be separated into two clear regions. One is the
Malda, Murshidabad, Jangipur belt, in which the Congress has a
considerable presence and the TMC was an also-ran even in 2014, when it
swept the state. The other is the parts of southern Bengal like Nadia,
Burdwan and Kolkata where the TMC has held unquestioned sway in the last
two elections.
People waiting for their turn to cast vote
Murshidabad: People waiting for their turn to cast vote in the third phase of West Bengal assembly election pic.twitter.com/YdAo0KtQcZ — ANI (@ANI_news) April 21, 2016
Several districts are reeling under a heatwave. Even
in the city, the weatherman has predicted 39 degrees Celsius temperature
on the polling day.
The Election Commission has identified 3,401 hamlets
in the phase as vulnerable where extra security and confidence building
measures were taken.
Key candidates whose fate will be sealed today
include Trinamool ministers Shashi Panja and Sadhan Pande, BJP national
secretary Rahul Sinha, five-time Congress MLA Md Sohrab, CPI-M MLA
Anisur Rahman and retired IPS officer Nazrul Islam.
Over 1.37 crore voters, including 65.8 lakh females, are registered in the electoral rolls at these constituencies.
Altogether 418 candidates, including 34 female, are
in fray in the 62 seats spread over Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan
districts and north Kolkata.
With one lakh security personnel deployed to look
after law and order, polling for the crucial third phase of West Bengal
assembly election is under way.
HM Rajnath Singh spoke to Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel who apprised him of the situation in the state post the reports of clashes in Mehsana — ANI (@ANI_news) April 17, 2016
Clash between TMC and Congress supporters in Jalpaiguri (West Bengal), 4 injured #westbengalpolls — ANI (@ANI_news) April 17, 2016
In Kerala Left leaders say if a party has ruined the nation it is Congress. In WB the same Left leaders say they will work with Congress: PM — narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) April 17, 2016
India's progress is incomplete without the development of eastern India. This part of India has to develop: PM @narendramodi @BJP4Bengal — narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) April 17, 2016
What is the government doing to create jobs for the people. They are working only for themselves: PM @narendramodi @BJP4Bengal — narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) April 17, 2016
Over 21 per cent polling was recorded in the first
two hours across 56 constituencies in the second phase of elections to
the West Bengal assembly on Sunday.
More than 40 per cent of the 95 lakh voters exercised
their franchise amidst tight security till noon during polling for the
remaining 61 of the 126 Assam assembly constituencies today.
The first four hours of polling in 31 assembly
constituencies of West Bengal spread over three districts on Monday
recorded a turnout of 38.65 per cent even as sporadic incidents of
violence took place.
Election Commission officials said the polling percentage was 38.65 in
Bankura, West Midnapore and Burdwan districts till 11am as people lined
up outside polling booths since early morning to exercise their
franchise.
The fire gutted more than 20 houses at Uzanbazar area
in the city under Guwahati east constituency. Fire department officials
said the fire could have started from explosion of LPG cylinders.
For the first time, I have seen Election Commission not being impartial in the state, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi said.
A CPM agent was allegedly beaten up by Trinamool
Congress workers and obstructed from entering a polling booth, while
bombs were found in two bags near another booth in Jamuria Assembly
constituency in Burdwan district where polling is underway today.
A police official said two CPM agents were obstructed from entering
booth numbers 76 and 77 of Jamuria seat, just as polling began at 7am.
Former CM PK Mahanta casts his vote
Voting underway for 2nd & final phase in 61 constituencies of #Assam: Former CM PK Mahanta casts his vote in Nagaon pic.twitter.com/vowZKXYIaq — ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016
Women dance and celebrate after casting their vote
Assam: Women dance and celebrate after casting their vote at a polling booth in Kokrajhar in the final phase pic.twitter.com/zlQf142COg — ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016
CPM polling agent hospitalised
CPI(M)polling agent hospitalised after being allegedly attacked by TMC workers at a polling booth in Chandrakona(West Midnapore,West Bengal) — ANI (@ANI_news) April 11, 2016
Assam Assembly Elections 2016, Live Update on West Bengal Phase 1 Poll
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