Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The re-polling for 15 polling booths under two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, which started at 7 a.m. on Saturday, has concluded peacefully at 6 p.m. under blanket security coverage of central forces, assisted by personnel from the state police forces, with not a single report or complaint of poll-related tension, violence, or disruption surfacing from anywhere. The average polling percentage across all 15 polling booths combined st…
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Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) The re-polling at 15 polling booths under two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, that started since 7 A.M. on Saturday has been peaceful so far.The polling process is going on under blanket security coverage of central forces assisted by personnel from the state police forcesThe average polling percentage in all the 15 polling booths combined had been 16.23 in the first two hours of polling till 9 A.M.The average polling percentage for the…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) Kolkata Police have imposed prohibitory orders barring the assembly of more than five persons within a 200-metre radius of all counting centres under its jurisdiction from Friday, keeping in mind the counting of votes on May 4 for the crucial and recently concluded two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal.“The prohibitory order has been issued to avoid tension, gatherings, protests or any unpleasant incidents before the counting. The decision has been taken as per the dire…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s apprehensions over an “imaginary” breach of security at the EVM strongrooms are nothing but reflections of her “fear of defeat”, prompted by her old habit of raising apprehensions about EVM manipulations whenever she senses a negative electoral pulse, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said on Friday.“Raising apprehensions about EVM manipulation has become a part of her habit for the last 15 years since she came to power in …
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission has directed the office of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to monitor the situation in West Bengal to prevent post-poll violence. In this regard, the CEO’s office held a virtual meeting with the District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police on Thursday. Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Agrawal gave this message to the officers.After the end of the second and final phase of the Assembly elections on Wednesday, reports of sporadi…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) will on Thursday decide on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s demand to conduct repolling in 77 booths across four Assembly constituencies in the South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, which went to the polls in the second phase of the Assembly elections on April 29.Incidentally, out of these 77 polling booths, 64 are under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in that district and also under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituen…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The polling percentage in the second phase of elections for 142 Assembly constituencies in West Bengal on April 29 has been recorded at 92.47 till midnight, thus taking the overall average percentage in the two phases to a record high of 92.85.However, as clarified by insiders from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, on Thursday morning, neither of these figures is final as tabulation will be available later in the day.The polling percentage fig…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday claimed that an “anti-incumbency wave” is prevailing in West Bengal and suggested that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appears “restless” as polling for the second phase of the Assembly elections continues across the state.Speaking to reporters, Chowdhury said, “There is an anti-incumbency wave, but in this wave, which party will benefit, it’s tough to say now because the votes of the opposition will be divided. However,…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) The polling percentage in the first eight hours till 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections for 142 constituencies has been recorded at 78.68.This is marginally lower than the 78.77 per cent recorded in the first six hours of April 23 voting in the first phase in 152 Assembly constituencies.With a few hours of polling left till 6 p.m., the Election Commission of India (ECI) is confident that the polling percentage in the second phase wi…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, said on Wednesday that he is confident of his success even in the polling booth in Bhabanipur constituency in South Kolkata, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, who is the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member, cast their votes.Mamata Banerjee is the sitting MLA and the Trinamool Congress candidate and also a voter from Bhabanipur Assembly const…