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West Bengal Assembly Election Phase 1 Live: Mamata Banerjee Accuses PM Modi Of Violating Model Code Of Conduct

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“Elections are underway here and he (PM) goes to Bangladesh and lectures on Bengal,” she was quoted as saying by ANI.

 

In West Bengal, voting for the first phase will be held today. According to the Election Commission, there are 191 candidates in the fray for the 30 assembly constituencies going to polls in Phase-I in West Bengal. There are a total of 294 seats in the West Bengal assembly which will go to polls in eight phases starting today.

In the 2016 assembly polls, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC had won 27 of the 30 seats while Congress had won just two. The high octane campaign saw BJP locking horns with ruling TMC. Facing anti-incumbency, the TMC saw many key leaders deserting the party and joining the BJP. This also included several sitting ministers and Mamata Banerjee’s close confidante Suvendu Adhikari.

The campaign was also marked with political violence in different parts of the state.

Here are the live updates:

3.16 PM:

3.07 PM: 55.27% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm in the first phase of polling in West Bengal Assembly elections: Election Commission of India.

3.01 PM: TMC asks EC to bring back rule which allowed parties to appoint only locals as poll booth agents

2.27 PM:

1.30 PM: As per reports, 40.73% voter turnout has been recorded in Bengal till 1 pm for the first phase of assembly elections.

12.47 PM: TMC has claimed that BJP workers have thrashed voters in Bankura’s Saltora.

12.20 PM: A close aide of Suvendu Adhikari and BJP leader from Nandigram, Pralay Pal has claimed that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called him personally and asked him to help TMC in Nandigram.

12.15 PM:

11.34 AM:

 

11.30 AM: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeals to people that “in order to strengthen the democracy, vote against divisive forces”.

11.20 AM: In the first phase of polling in West Bengal, till 11 AM, 24.61% voting has taken place. In this phase of WB assembly polls, over 73 lakh voters on 30 seats will decide the fortune of 191 candidates.

10.49 AM: Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien has complained to the EC regarding voting percentage. In an email to EC, O’Brien said that at 9.13 AM the information was given by the EC that there has been more than 18% voting in Kanthi south and north. However, 4 minutes letter it came down to little above 10%.

  • West Bengal Elections Phase 1
Total Seats: 30
Candidates: 191

Total Voters: 73,80,942

  • Key Contests:

Purulia: Sujoy Banerjee (TMC) vs Sudip Mukherjee (BJP) vs Partha Prathim Banerjee (Congress)

Medinipur: June Malia (TMC) vs Shamit Dash (BJP) vs Tarun Kumar Ghosh (CPIM)

Kharagpur: Dinen Ray (TMC) vs Tapan Bhuiya (BJP) vs Sk. Saddam Ali (CPIM)

Kanthi Uttar: Tarun Kumar Jana (TMC) vs Sunita Singha (BJP) vs Sutanu Maity (CPIM)

Kanthi Dakshin: Jyotirmoy Kar (TMC) vs Arup Kumar Das (BJP) vs Anulup Panda (CPIM)

Baghmundi: Sushanta Mahato (TMC) vs Ashutosh Mahato (AJSU) vs Nepal Mahata (Congress)

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