Moderate turnout in Ranaghat South
The by-election to the Ranaghat South Assembly seat in Nadia witnessed a moderate voter turnout, with 65.37 per cent of the 2.3 lakh electorate casting their votes by 5 pm on Wednesday.
The by-election to the Ranaghat South Assembly seat in Nadia witnessed a moderate voter turnout, with 65.37 per cent of the 2.3 lakh electorate casting their votes by 5 pm on Wednesday.
The district election officer and the district magistrate, Arun Prasad expressed satisfaction over the voting process. He said it was largely peaceful and no major incident was reported.
Nadia district witnessed an achievement of sorts in the field of justice delivery as over 1,500 pending and pre-litigation cases were settled in the second National Lok Adalat 2023.
Speaking at an anti-CAA, anti-NPR rally at Ranaghat in Nadia, Miss Banerjee said, "Politics of divide and rule would do no good to the country, which is currently facing an economic slowdown."
For Ranaghat parliamentary constituency where 40 per cent of the total population is made up of the Matua community, the BJP candidate Jagannath Sarkar won the seat with a whooping margin of 2,33,428 votes.
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