New Delhi: The first section of voting started in West Bengal at 7 am on Saturday amid tight safety, officers stated. The polls are going down for 30 seats the place the destiny of 191 candidates is to be determined by the voters.
In the primary section of the West Bengal meeting election 2021, a complete of 73,80,942 voters are eligible to train their franchise – of them, 37,52,938 are male and 36,27,949 feminine, whereas there are 55 third gender voters.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted to induce voters for exercising their franchise in “record numbers”.
The elections are being held following Covid-19 pointers in all 9 seats in Purulia, 4 in Bankura, 4 in Jhargram and 6 in Paschim Medinipur, in addition to the seven seats in high-stakes Purba Medinipur.
The polling which started at 7 am will proceed until 6 pm. There tight safety deployment with the Election Commission posting round 730 firms of central forces, guarding 10,288 polling cubicles positioned in 7,061 premises.
Each firm of the central forces consists of 100 personnel, officers knowledgeable. Besides this, 22,092 state cops have additionally been deployed at strategic places.
Trinamool Congress is contesting 29 of the 30 seats. As for the remaining one, it’s supporting an Independent within the Joypur meeting phase in Purulia as a result of the nomination of its official candidate Ujjwal Kumar was rejected by the EC as a result of a discrepancy. Similarly, the BJP can be contesting 29 seats and supporting the candidate of Jharkhand’s AJSU Party in Baghmundi.
The Left-Congress-ISF alliance has candidates in all 30 seats whereas there are studies of “friendly fights” in some.
Recently, West Bengal witnessed violent political clashes between the TMC and BJP supporters the place lives have been misplaced on each side. Looking on the tense state of affairs, the Election Commission opted for deploying such an enormous variety of central forces.
As per officers, stress was already seen at Tulsidi village in Purulia’s Bandwan as an election car was set on hearth hours earlier than polls started. Forces are at current retaining an in depth vigil within the space that’s surrounded by forests that have been as soon as the hideouts of Maoists, officers stated.
West Bengal is voting in eight phases for 294 seats. The votes can be counted and introduced on May 2.
(With Agency Inputs)
