West Bengal Exit Poll results: TMC walks tightrope; huge gain for BJP

West Bengal Election Exit poll 2021 highlights: Stay tuned for West Bengal election exit poll and result 2021

9:45 AM

West Bengal election LIVE: A bomb was hurled near Mahajati Sadan Auditorium in north Kolkata today

West Bengal: A bomb was hurled near Mahajati Sadan Auditorium in north Kolkata today. Election Commission has sought details of the incident. Details awaited.

9:42 AM

West Bengal eelctio LIVE: 16.04% voter turnout recorded till 9:30 am

16.04% voter turnout recorded till 9:30 am

9:30 AM

Mithun casts vote, congratulates security personnel for peaceful voting

Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mithun Chakraborty on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Kashipur-Belgachia area of North Kolkata during the eighth phase of the ongoing West Bengal Assembly polls.

 

After casting his vote, the actor-turned-politician congratulated the security personnel and said that he never voted so peacefully before.

 

"I had never voted so peacefully ever before. I must congratulate all the security personnel," Chakraborty told ANI. Read on...

9:04 AM

West Bengal: BJP candidate from Malda, Gopal Chandra Saha cast his vote at a polling booth in the constituency

He says, "There was a public rally on April 18 in Sahapur where I was shot & taken to hospital. It was done by either TMC or Congress goons. There is 'jungle raj' here"

8:59 AM

Man killed after being hit by car in Murshidabad, CPI(M) blames TMC

A man was killed and two others injured as a car hit them in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, triggering tension in the area hours ahead of the polling, police said on Thursday.

 

The incident happened in Shahbazpur village in the Domkal police station area around 10.30 pm on Wednesday, they said.

 

The CPI(M) alleged that its member Kader Mondal (42) was killed, and Asim Al Mamoon (43) and Lal Chand Mondal (42) were injured after TMC candidate Jafikul Islam run his car over them.

 

Islam, the TMC's Domkal candidate, rubbished the allegation, claiming that he was far away from the spot when the incident happened.

 

Police said an investigation has been started to identify those behind the incident.

8:52 AM

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE updates: What are exit polls?

The exit polls are post-vote polls, which are conducted after voters have cast their votes. The polls aim to predict the final result on the basis of the information collected from the voters after they walk out of the polling booth. Unlike an opinion poll, which asks the voter whom they plan to vote for, the exit poll asks the voter whom they actually voted for.

8:37 AM

West Bengal elections: The poll panel has decided to deploy at least 641 companies of central forces

The poll panel has decided to deploy at least 641 companies of central forces, including 224 in Birbhum district, in the eighth phase to ensure free and fair voting

8:04 AM

Voters queue up outside a polling booth in Shantiniketan, Bolpur

7:57 AM

West Bengal election 2021: Voters form queues outside polling booth number 23/24 in Malda

7:53 AM

West Bengal election 2021: TMC leader dies of Covid-19, wife files complaint against EC

The widow of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Khardaha Kajal Sinha, who died of Covid-19 on April 25, has filed a complaint against the Election Commission.

 

Sinha's wife, Nandita, has accused Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain along with other officials of the poll panel of not ensuring the "safety of candidates or general public during the ongoing pandemic".

 

Sinha was the TMC candidate for the Khardaha constituency in North 24 Parganas, which underwent polling in the sixth phase of the West Bengal assembly elections. Read on...

7:50 AM

West Bengal election 2021 LIVE: Security measures have been heightened

Security measures have been heightened in view of the violence in the previous phases, particularly the death of five people in Cooch Behar in the fourth round of polling on 10 April, an election official told PTI.

 

7:12 AM

Voting for the eighth and final phase of West Bengal Election 2021 begins; 35 seats in the fray

Voting for the eighth and final phase of West Bengal Election 2021 begins; 35 seats in the fray