West Bengal Elections: Phase 5 Polling Ends With Over 78% Turnout; TMC Writes To EC Over Mamata’s Audio Clip

Kolkata: Over 78 % voter turnout was recorded as West Bengal its fifth part of the meeting elections on Saturday. The voting, which started at 7 a.m., is being performed in over 15,000 polling stations amid tight safety preparations and Covid-19 tips put in place by the Election Commission.

“At least 78.36 per cent voter turnout was registered till 5 pm on Saturday across 45 assembly constituencies of West Bengal where voting was held for the fifth phase,” the Chief Electoral Officer Aariz Aftab mentioned.

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Security preparations have been elevated for this part in view of the violence in Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar, throughout voting within the fourth part the place 4 individuals had been killed within the firing of the central forces. The Election Commission has deployed 33 basic observers, 16 expenditure observers and 12 police observers for this part. 

There had been, nevertheless, reviews of violence from Nadia and North 24 Parganas as voting started earlier within the day however the polling has been largely peaceable to date.

The girls and first-time voters turned up in enormous numbers to train their proper to franchise on this part the place voting is on for 45 meeting constituencies, together with 16 seats in North 24 Parganas, eight every in Purba Bardhaman and Nadia, seven in Jalpaiguri, 5 in Darjeeling, and one in Kalimpong district.

Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress (TMC) wrote to the Election Commission for allegedly recording and releasing an audio clip of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with the social gathering’s Sitalkuchi MLA candidate Partha Pratim Roy.

In the purported clip, Banerjee may be heard speaking to the TMC candidate, allegedly asking him to carry rallies with the our bodies of the 4 individuals who had been killed by the safety forces in Cooch Behar district’s Sitalkuchi constituency, information company PTI reported.

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This part is essential for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is aiming to higher its tally of 32 seats received within the final meeting elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, have campaigned extensively for this part in a bid to make sure the saffron social gathering’s victory within the TMC-ruled state.

Over 78 % voter turnout was recorded within the fourth part. West Bengal is voting in eight phases this time. The outcomes will probably be declared on May 2.