Battle for Nandigram: After trailing initially, Mamata Banerjee takes lead in key constituency
According to the latest round of counting, Mamata has secured a lead of 1500 votes over her rival and BJP leader.
According to the latest round of counting, Mamata has secured a lead of 1500 votes over her rival and BJP leader.
An average polling of 81.87 per cent was recorded in the eight phases.
Polling underway for penultimate phase of West Bengal Assembly Elections
In this phase election will be conducted in nine constituencies each in North Dinajpur and Nadia districts, 17 in North 24 Parganas and eight in East Burdwan where 10,409,948 electorate will decide the fate of 306 candidates among which 27 candidates are female.
On Saturday altogether 45 constituencies across six districts including Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Nadia, East Burdwan, and North 24 Parganas will go for the polls.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi came down hard on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of instigating people against central forces on election duty in the state.
45 Assembly segments will go to polls in the fifth phase which is scheduled for April 17. The sixth round for 43 seats would be held on April 22. 35 constituencies will go to polls in the seventh phase elections on April 26.
Four persons were killed as CISF personnel allegedly opened fire after coming under attack from locals in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on Saturday, police said.
Election officials said a report on the incident has been sought from the district officials.
The commission has said that these EVMs won`t be used for voting on Tuesday.
