Dynamite News WB Assembly polls: Bumper voting turnout amid violence and four causalities
Bumper voting turnout for fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections for 44 constituencies amid violence and four causalities on Saturday.
Kolkata: Bumper voting turnout for fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections for 44 constituencies amid violence and four causalities on Saturday.
Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 76.16 per cent till 6 pm across 44 constituencies in five districts during the fourth phase of the state assembly polls..
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Among the 44 constituencies, nine are in Howrah, 10 in Hooghly, 11 in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar and nine in Cooch Behar.
A total of 1,15,81,022 voters participated in this phase, out of which 2,63,016 are first-time voters. The smallest constituency is Bally with 1,76,001 electorates whereas Chunchura is the biggest constituency with 3,13,701 electorates. As many as 15,940 polling stations used, including 12,361 main and 3,579 auxiliary stations.
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The fifth phase of the assembly elections will commence on April 17. Counting of votes will take place on May 2.