- Overall polling % recorded in 25 constituencies in 6th & final phase of West Bengal Assembly election is 84.24% till 5PM.
- Suryakanta Mishra said in a press conference that ruling party did not seat 331 polling agents in east Midnapur and 60 in Cooch Behar.
- One voter collapses while standing in the queue in a booth Siddheswari. He was declared dead in hospital.
- EC has Ordered To lodge FIR against Rabindranath Ghosh, Udayan Guha.
- Turnout till 3 pm 73,75%, East Midnapur- 75.19%, Cooch Behar-72.31%.
- Dinhata TMC Candidate Udayan Guha cast vote for other. He also tried to influence voters.
- EC Seeks report against TMC candidate Rabindranath Ghosh after his misbehave.
- TMC candidate of Natabari area Rabindranath Ghosh threatened sector officer at booth. He also entered with his car along with TMC poster. Alleged that Rabindranth threaten vote workers that will see them. He also using slung words towards central force.
- Local CPM leader's son Police officer Rajesh Barman show his mussel in booth. complained TMC.
- Turnout till 1 pm 61.88%. East Midnapur- 63.61 and CoochBehar- 58.81%.
- Four
persons injured in TMC-CPI(M) clash in Kuntibar in Moyna constituency in East
Midnapore.
- Voters of Panskura Maisore area didn't cast their vote. Villagers complained that ruling party threatened them on Wednesday night.
- EC has received 1235 complain so far.
- Left activists was attacked in Panskura 147 and 146 booth. the cadre was attacked when he tried to stop rigging.
- The media was attacked at kalicharanpur Barunisnan primary school, booth no-224.
- The central forces allegedly "Lathicharged" at Natabari to disperse crowd near booth no- 173, 178, 180, 182.
- Voters allegedly threatened at Khejuri....Trinamool Congress men accused. Incident happened at booth nu-117.
- Massive rigging by TMC in polling booth nu-139 and 140 in Haldia, alleged CPM agent.
- Left Front activist allegedly attacked by TMC men in east Panskura's Gopalganj.
- CPM activist brutally attacked by alleged Trinamool goons in Haldia. 2 CPM agents also ousted from polling booths allegedly by TMC men.
- Cooch Behar registered 42.07% votes till 11:00am, Purba Medinipur registered 48.02%. Overall voting percentage 45.88%
- Central forces lathicharged on suspected outsiders allegedly assembled by TMC at Toofanganj's Chilakhana.
- EVM malfunction halts polling at Jagir Chilkhana FP school in Natabari centre, booth nu-8/28.
- Election Commission asked report on the mobile tower location of police officers accused of holding a secret meeting with TMC leader Subhendu Adhikary, as accused by CPM leader Surya Kant Mishra and BJP.
- Over 500 complaints have been received by the Election commission so far with Purba Medinipur topping the list.
- Cooch Behar registered 21.59% votes till 09:00 am, Purba Medinipur registered 24.45. Overall voting percentage 23.46%
- CPM agent in Natabaris booth nu-237 prevented from entering polling booth, TMC accused.
- Two Trinamool activists arrested in Moyna.
- 100-old-man from enclave casts vote for the first time in Dinhata.
- Trinamool accused of rigging at Booth nu-216 Potashpur. EC seeks report from district authorities.
- TMC accused of preventing opposition agents from entering polling booth in Haldia.
- TMC accused of rigging in Mathabhanga.
- Election Commission seeks report on Moyna violence.
- Alleged TMC goons thrash Left Front agent in Sitalkuchi.
- Trinamool leader Subir Sarkar shot in Baharampur, rushed to hospital.
- kin voted for aging woman at Booth nu- 7 in Ramnagar.
- Over 300 complaints received by Election Commission til 09:00 am. Most of the complaints originated from Purba Medinipur.
- TMC goons allegedly preventing voters from casting votes in Dinhata.
- Opposition accuses TMC of threatening agents in Panskur Paschim
- Opposition accused TMC of roping in suspected outsiders in Ramnagar.
- 5 TMC activists detained in Mouna for allegedly threatening voters and preventing Left agent from entering polling booth.
- Left Front agents house vandalized in Sitalkuchi, TMC accused. TMC accused of rigging in booth nu-280 and 281
- TMC candidate Subhendu Adhikary accused of influencing voters by distributing puffed rice, ice cream
- 'Sutya kant Mishra has gone insane, says Subhendu Adhikary on Mishra's remark of Trinamool managing cops.
- Trinammol Congtress accused of terrorizing voters and preventing them from voting in Nandigram. BJP lodged complaint to observer.
- TMC heavuweight candidate from Haldia, Subhendu Adhikary casted vote, says party will do good in Purba Medinipur.
- No reports of any major violence yet.
- Congress agent prevented from entering booth nu-78 in Sitai. Congress candidate Kehsab Roy lodged complaint to an observer.
- CPM agents preveted from entering booth nu-242, 243 in Sitalkuchi.
- No Left Front agent in many booths of Nandigram. CPI candidate Sheikh Abdul Kabir accused Trinamool of terrorizing agents.
- EVM malfunction in booth nu-41 in Toofanganj.
- Voting begins from 07:00 am and will end on 06:00 pm.
- There are 383 micro observers in Cooch Behar.
- The
Election Commission has identified 157 vulnerable hamlets and 257
vulnerable voters in Cooch Behar
- Polling will take place in 2476 booths in Cooch behar and 1298 booths in Purba Medinipur.
- There are 170 candidates, 18 of them women, in the fray.
- Two districts of West Bengal- Cooch Behar and Purba Medinipur will vote in the final phase of the 6 phase polling process in the state.
Kolkata: As many as 19 Assembly seats in Cooch Behar district and 16 in Purba Medinipur will go to the polls on Thursday.
There are 170 candidates, 18 of them women, in the fray.
Polling will take place in 2,476 booths in Cooch Behar and 4,298 booths in Purba Medinipur. The electorate numbers 58.04 lakh.
Vulnerable hamlets
“The
Election Commission has identified 157 vulnerable hamlets and 257
vulnerable voters in Cooch Behar. In Purba Medinipur, there are 557
vulnerable hamlets and 1,428 vulnerable voters,” Additional Chief
Electoral Officer Dibyendu Sarkar said.
All
eyes will be on Cooch Behar as 9,776 voters, who were residents of
erstwhile enclaves of divided nationalitues, will vote for the first
time in 38 booths across five constituencies in the district.
The
Nandigram constituency will be of particular interest as it was the
focal point of a violent anti-land acquisition movement led by the
Trinamool Congress that played a key role in ending the 34-year Left
Front rule in the State.
The
Trinamool Congress has fielded Suvendu Adhikari, Tamluk MP, who
spearheaded the agitation. He is pitted against the Congress-supported
Communist Party of India candidate, Abdul Kabir Sheikh.
Two officials die
Two bomb disposal squad officials died after being severely injured while defusing explosives in Malda on Tuesday.
There
were reports of violence from South 24 Parganas and Kolkata South
districts. In the Canning area of South 24 Parganas, a CPI(M) worker was
allegedly assaulted by Trinamool cadres. There are reports of a CPI(M)
worker being stripped in public and assaulted by Trinamool workers in
the Kasba area of Kolkata.
No Parivartan: Rajnath
Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who attended election rallies in Cooch
Behar, attacked both the Trinamool Congress and the Left parties, saying
there was no difference between the two.
Mr. Singh alleged that the Trinamool came to power five years ago with a promise of Parivartan (change), but West Bengal saw no change as the law-and-order situation continued to be poor.
Trinamool
supremo Mamata Banerjee, who campaigned extensively in the two
districts, alleged that a section of police officials had “unleashed
terror” on the people at the behest of the Election Commission. She even
warned them of dire “consequences”.
The
Election Commission has already taken note of her statement made at a
meeting in Chandipur, and officials are examining the contents of the
speech.
State Congress chief Adhir Choudhury said the State needed another Parivartan as “nothing happened except making false claims, tall talks on cinema and stage plays” in the past five years.
