An official said that till 3 pm on Saturday, 70.19 percent voting was recorded in the sixth phase of voting in eight Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal.
Voting began at 7 am in Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia Bankura and Bishnupur constituencies. This will continue till 6 pm.
Bishnupur (SC) recorded the highest turnout of 73.55 percent, followed by Jhargram (ST) (72.26 percent), Tamluk (71.63 percent), Kanthi (71.36 percent), Ghatal (71.34 percent), Medinipur (67.91 percent). Went. per cent), Bankura (67.41 per cent) and Purulia (66.06 per cent), he said.
He said that till 1 pm, the election office of West Bengal received 1,646 complaints.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas of eight Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal.
A total of 1,45,34,228 voters – 73,63,273 men, 71,70,822 women and 133 of the third gender – are eligible to exercise their franchise across 15,600 polling stations.
Of the 79 candidates in the fray, Bankura and Jhargram have the highest number of candidates with 13 each, followed by Purulia (12) and Medinipur and Tamluk with nine candidates each.
Seven candidates each are contesting from Bishnupur and Ghatal seats.
A total of 919 companies of central forces along with over 29,000 state police personnel have been deployed, officials said.
Voting began at 7 am in Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia Bankura and Bishnupur constituencies. This will continue till 6 pm.
Bishnupur (SC) recorded the highest turnout of 73.55 percent, followed by Jhargram (ST) (72.26 percent), Tamluk (71.63 percent), Kanthi (71.36 percent), Ghatal (71.34 percent), Medinipur (67.91 percent). Went. per cent), Bankura (67.41 per cent) and Purulia (66.06 per cent), he said.
He said that till 1 pm, the election office of West Bengal received 1,646 complaints.
Sporadic incidents of violence were reported from some areas of eight Lok Sabha seats of West Bengal.
A total of 1,45,34,228 voters – 73,63,273 men, 71,70,822 women and 133 of the third gender – are eligible to exercise their franchise across 15,600 polling stations.
Of the 79 candidates in the fray, Bankura and Jhargram have the highest number of candidates with 13 each, followed by Purulia (12) and Medinipur and Tamluk with nine candidates each.
Seven candidates each are contesting from Bishnupur and Ghatal seats.
A total of 919 companies of central forces along with over 29,000 state police personnel have been deployed, officials said.
