Kolkata, May 5 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly elections of 2026 have been remarkable from various viewpoints, such as the peaceful polling in contrast to the state’s history of electoral violence and an unprecedented voting percentage. This achievement has been facilitated by three officials in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), who have discreetly overseen all operations as behind-the-scenes coordinators from start to finish.Starting from the special intensive revision (SIR) exer…
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Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Monday said that the Election Commission of India (ECI) had taken all necessary steps to ensure that polling in the state was conducted in a “free and fair” manner while maintaining law and order throughout the electoral process. Addressing reporters, Agarwal said, “We made all efforts for this election to be free and fair and for maintaining law and order during the voting. We urged the people to take this el…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) An old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has resurfaced, in which he had expressed confidence about the BJP’s prospects in West Bengal. During victory celebrations after the BJP’s landslide win in the Bihar Assembly elections, PM Modi had said, “Ganga Ji flows from Bihar to Bengal. Bihar’s win has paved the way for victory in West Bengal.”As early trends now indicate a possible shift in power in West Bengal, the Prime Minister’s remark is being widely discus…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) After the first three hours of counting of votes on Monday for the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the number of constituencies where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates are leading is far more than those where the ruling Trinamool Congress is ahead. Till 11:30 a.m., the trend for 232 of the 293 Assembly constituencies, where counting is on, is available on the Election Commission website. Till the period, BJP candidates are leading in 147 Assembl…
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Re-polling in 15 polling booths across two Assembly constituencies in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal concluded peacefully on Saturday, with the final average turnout recorded at 90.61 per cent, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal said. Polling began at 7 a.m. and ended at 6 p.m., with no reports of violence, disruption or tension from any of the booths.While the overall average polling percentage across all 15 booths stood at 90.61 per…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Friday issued a statement rubbishing an earlier social media statement by the Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, that an elderly voter died after being manhandled by central forces personnel at a polling booth in Udaynarayanpur in Howrah district during the second phase of Assembly polls on April 29.In his statement issued in the morning, the CEO has …
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Friday stated that strict action will be taken against those who create trouble or on account of any laxity during the vote count for the state Assembly polls.Describing the preparations for the election results on Monday, the Bengal CEO said: “Counting will happen according to the rules and regulations. We have made the entire circular according to all the guidelines.””We will take a certificate from each of the DO…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Thursday dismissed Trinamool Congress’ allegations of suspicious activities with the electronic voting machine (EVM) strong-rooms at the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra in Kolkata. Soon after Trinamool Congress supporters led by state Minister Shashi Panja and the State Trinamool Congress General Secretary Kunal Ghosh started protesting before the Khudiram Anushilan Kendra, alleging suspicious activities at the E…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Amid the second phase of polling in West Bengal, state Minister and Trinamool Congress candidate from the Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, Firhad Hakim, on Wednesday, alleged intimidation and questioned the heavy deployment of central forces in the state. Talking to IANS, Firhad Hakim said: “I don’t know what these people are trying to do. Are they declaring war in Bengal? There is such a heavy presence of CRPF and senior officials in a city where there has been no …
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal on Wednesday reiterated a strict “zero tolerance” policy towards any irregularities during polling, including allegations of EVM tampering, and said repolling would be conducted wherever required.Talking to reporters in Kolkata amid voting, Agarwal said that the Election Commission machinery is actively monitoring developments through multiple channels, including webcasting, field reports, and observers’ inputs.”F…