Over 75% voter turnout in 7th phase polls in Bengal
KOLKATA: Stray incidents of violence were reported on Monday from some areas during the seventh phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, though the overall polling process has been peaceful with over 75% turnout, officials said.
Long queues were seen outside most polling booths, where voters adhered to Covid protocols, officials said.
Voting was held at 12,068 polling stations spread over nine assembly constituencies each in Murshidabad and Paschim
Bardhaman districts, six each in Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda and four in Kolkata, including chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s home turf
Bhabanipur.
“Till 5 pm, 75.06% voter turnout was recorded. The polling has been peaceful,” an election commission (EC) official said.
A few incidents of scuffle were reported from the Asansol area, where Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Sayoni Ghosh claimed that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists tried to jam booths in her constituency.
The allegation was dubbed as baseless by BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul, who asserted, “Ghosh is making excuses sensing defeat”.
Meanwhile, there was com