West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 75.06% voter turnout recorded till 5.30 pm

West Bengal election live updates: All eyes will be on Bhabanipur constituency, of which TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is the sitting MLA and a resident. Stay tuned for Bengal election latest updates

West Bengal Assembly election

West Bengal election live updates: A total of 34 seats spread across West Bengal will vote today in Phase 7 of the eight-phased election.

Over 8.6 million voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of 284 candidates. 34 Assembly constituencies including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's home turf Bhabanipur, go to the polls amid a raging second wave of Covid-19 .

Voting will be 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, the official said.

All eyes will be on the Bhabanipur constituency, of which TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is the sitting MLA and a resident.

Banerjee, however, has opted for Nandigram to contest the elections this time and reposed faith in a veteran politician and state power minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay to make a hat-trick of wins for the party from Bhabanipur.

Votes will be counted on 2 May.

Stayed tuned for live updates on West Bengal election 2021.

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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: Peaceful polling held in 11,376 polling stations, says EC

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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 75.06% voter turnout recorded till 5.30 pm

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 75.06% voter turnout recorded till 5.30 pm, according to the election commission

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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 75.06% voter turnout recorded till 5.30 pm

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 75.06% voter turnout recorded till 5.30 pm, according to the election commission

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TMC displayed the lowest level of ethics, says J P Nadda

5:34 PM

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: Waiting area for aged voters at a polling station

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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 67.27% voter turnout recorded till 3.30 pm

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 67.27% voter turnout recorded till 3.30 pm, according to the election commission

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EC should withdraw central forces who have contributed to covid spread in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee.

West Bengal election LIVE: EC should withdraw central forces who have contributed to covid spread in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee.

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West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: Proud Electors after casting their vote at a polling station

2:56 PM

Polling Booth visit by a Observer at 275 Pandabeswar Assembly Constituency

1:47 PM

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: 55.12% voter turnout recorded till 1:30 pm

1:26 PM

Trinamool candidate accuses BJP of blocking booths

Stray incidents of violence were reported Monday from some areas where voting is underway for the seventh phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal, though the overall polling process has been peaceful with 37.02 per cent turnout till 11 am. A few incidents of scuffle were reported from the Asansol area, where TMC candidate Sayoni Ghosh claimed that BJP activists tried to jam booths in her constituency, PTI reported.

1:21 PM

Election Commission says voting is safe, Covid-19 protocol followed

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West Bengal election 2021: 37.72% voter turnout recorded till 11:36 AM

10:46 AM

TMC polling agent seen wearing a cap with Mamata Banerjee's photo

WB: Agnimitra Paul, BJP candidate from Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman says that TMC polling agent was wearing a cap with CM's photo on it, at polling booth in Baktarnagar High School.

She says, "Presiding officer says that he's unwell & didn't see it"

9:25 AM

TMC MP Nusrat Jahan Ruhi and her parents cast vote at a polling booth in Kolkata

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First Published: Apr 26 2021 | 6:57 AM IST