West Bengal election 2021 LATEST updates
More than 73 lakh voters to exercise franchise today
Over 73 lakh voters from five districts — all of Purulia and Jhargram, and parts of Bankura, West Medinipur and East Medinipur — will vote in the around 10,200 booths of the first phase of the Bengal election.
West Bengal election 2021 LATEST updates
Of 30 seats in phase one, 23 are from Jungle Mahal
In the first phase of polling in West Bengal on Saturday, 23 seats of Jungle Mahal — which has an SC population of 22 percent and an ST population of 15 percent — will vote.
West Bengal election 2021 LATEST updates
TMC, BJP fielded candidates in 29 seats each
For the phase 1, the TMC and BJP have fielded candidates in 29 seats each, while the Left-Congress-ISF alliance has put up candidates in all 30 seats, even as there are “friendly fights in some.
West Bengal election 2021 LATEST updates
30 Assembly seats going to polls spread across tribal-dominated region
Most of these 30 seats are spread across tribal-dominated Purulia, Bankura, Jhargram, Purba Medinipur (Part 1) and Paschim Medinipur (Part 1) districts. Bengal has a total of 294 assembly seats.
26 of the 30 constituencies where voting will be held today had voted for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the last assembly elections. But the BJP swept them in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.
West Bengal election 2021 LATEST updates
Bengal polls start with voting in 30 seats today
Voting for the high-decibel election to the West Bengal legislative Assembly starts on Saturday and will continue in seven more phases till 29 April. People will vote for their choice among 191 candidates in 30 constituencies in this phase.