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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE updates: 72 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm. TMC and BJP are contesting in all the 30 seats. Stay tuned for LIVE updates on West Bengal election 2021 Phase 2

West Bengal election

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	<strong>West Bengal election 2021:</strong> After three months of a relentless, high-pitch campaign by both West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party&rsquo;s (BJP) candidate Suvendu Adhikari, who switched to the party months before the election, a polarised Nandigram will cast its vote today along with 29 other constituencies in the 2nd phase of West Bengal election 2021.<br />
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	Phase 2 polling is underway and 72 per cent voter turnout recorded till 5 pm, according to EC.</div>
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	Districts going to polls in Phase 2 include 24 Parganas Part-1, Bankura Part-2, Paschim Midnapore Part-2, and East. The voting will end at 6 pm. More than 75 lakh voters will decide the fate of 191 candidates.</div>
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	TMC and BJP are contesting in all the 30 seats while CPM is in the fray in 15 and its alliance partners of Sanjukta Morcha &mdash; the Congress and ISF &mdash; are competing in 13 and two seats, respectively.</div>
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	<strong>Stay tuned for LIVE updates on West Bengal election 2021.</strong></div>

West Bengal Polls LIVE: Chaos, violence cloud voting; 80% turnout till 5 pm

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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: Vote in record numbers, says PM Modi

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		Urging the people of West Bengal in whose seats there is polling taking place today to vote in record numbers.</p>
	&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1377431660031975427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: Facing imminent defeat in WB polls, Mamata remembers her gotra, says BJP

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	The BJP on Wednesday mocked Trinamool Congress supremo for publicly speaking about her gotra and termed it as a desperate bid by her to regain lost ground in West Bengal where her party is facing an imminent defeat.</div>
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	Banerjee, also the chief minister of the state, has said at an election meeting that she belongs to the Shandilya gotra and none should attempt to teach her Hinduism.</div>
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	&quot;She remembered her gotra all of a sudden as she has sensed her defeat. She is losing ground fast, BJP state president Dilip Ghosh told reporters. <strong><a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/facing-imminent-defeat-in-wb-polls-mamata-remembers-her-gotra-bjp-121040100030_1.html" target="_blank">Read on...</a></strong></div>

West Bengal polls: Countdown begins for high-voltage 'Khela' in Phase-II

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	The countdown begins for the high-voltage &#39;Khela&#39; (game) of power in West Bengal with the second phase of polling commencing Thursday.</div>
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	In phase-II, a total of 30 Assembly constituencies from the districts of South 24 Parganas, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur are heading in to vote.</div>
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	Out of the 171 candidates in the fray 152 are men and the remaining are women. It means only 11 per cent of the candidates are women. <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/elections/west-bengal-polls-countdown-begins-for-high-voltage-khela-in-phase-ii-121040100054_1.html" target="_blank">Read on...</a></div>

Second phase of voting for Assembly elections in West Bengal begins

West Bengal Election 2021 LIVE: The voting for Phase 2 will take place for 30 seats

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	Gosaba, Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Tamluk, Panskura (204), Panskura (205), Moyna, Nandakumar, Mahisadal, Haldia, Nandigram, Chandipur, Kharagpur Sadar,&nbsp; Narayangarh Paschim, Sabang Paschim, Pingla Paschim, Debra Paschim, Daspur Paschim, Ghatal Paschim, Chandrakona Paschim, Keshpur Paschim, Taldangra, Bankura, Barjora, Onda, Bishnupur, Katulpur, Indas, Sonamukhi</div>

West Bengal Election 2021: Assembly seats

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	There are a total of 294 assembly seats that will be going to polls, of which 68 are reserved for Scheduled Castes and 16 for the Scheduled Tribes.&nbsp;</div>