New Delhi: The voting for the seventh phase of the eight-phase West Bengal assembly election 2021 will happen today (April 26, 2021) across 34 constituencies in five districts. The polling will start at 7 AM and can determine the destiny of 284 candidates.
More than 86 lakh electorates, together with 42.33 lakh ladies and 229 third gender individuals, are registered to solid their vote, however the whole prove is more likely to be affected as a result of ongoing COVID-19 disaster.
The votes shall be solid at over 12,000 polling stations.
Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence within the earlier phases, notably the loss of life of five individuals in Cooch Behar within the fourth spherical of polling on April 10.
The ballot panel has deployed 796 corporations of central forces within the seventh phase to make sure free and honest voting.
It may also put in place measures to make sure that COVID-appropriate behaviour is adopted. This is to be famous that West Bengal on Sunday recorded its highest single-day spike of 15,889 COVID-19 instances that took its whole tally to 7,43,950. The loss of life toll additionally rose to 10,941 after 57 extra individuals succumbed to the illness. Following the surge in coronavirus instances across the nation, the Election Commission has banned roadshows and automobile rallies within the state and famous that the COVID security norms have been being flouted in West Bengal throughout campaigning. It additionally disallowed any public assembly with greater than 500 individuals.
Voting shall be held at assembly constituencies every in Murshidabad and Paschim Bardhaman districts, six every in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and 4 in Kolkata.
All eyes shall be on the Bhabanipur constituency, of which the incumbent West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, Mamata Banerjee, is the sitting MLA and a resident.
Banerjee, nevertheless, has opted for Nandigram to contest the elections this time.
Polling for two assembly seats in Samserganj and Jangipur in Murshidabad district has been declared void following the deaths of two candidates there. The EC has mounted May 16 for the polling in these two seats.Â
(With inputs from PTI)
