The eight Lok Sabha constituencies are Bankura and Bishnupur in Bankur district, Purulia in Purulia district, Kanthi and Tamluk in East Midnapore district, Medinipur and Ghatal and Jhargram in West Midnapore district.
The prominent candidates whose fate will be decided include former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP candidate from Tamluk Abhijit Gangopadhyay, two celebrity candidates from Ghatal namely Deepak Adhikari alias Dev of Trinamoo Congress and Hiran Chatterjee of BJP, actress-turned-politician June Malia. Are included. She is the ruling party candidate from Medinipur and her rival is BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul, a fashion designer.
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Of the 79 candidates whose fate will be decided on Saturday, the highest number of 13 are from Bankura and Jhargram, followed by 12 from Purulia, nine each from Medinipur Kanthi and Tamluk and finally seven each from Ghatal and Bishnupur.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidates were elected from five constituencies namely Bankura, Bishnupur, Purulia, Medinipur and Jhargram, while Trinamool Congress was elected from the remaining three constituencies., Tamluk and Ghatal.
This time, the BJP is confident of wresting Kanthi and Tamluk, the family stronghold of leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvenda Adhikari, from the Trinamool Congress, while also retaining the three it won in 2019.
There will be a total of 1,020 companies of CAPFs in West Bengal for the sixth phase, which is 56 per cent more than the figure of 650 companies deployed in the state's seven constituencies in the fifth phase of voting on May 20.
Out of 1,020 companies, 919 companies will be deployed at polling stations. Most of the remaining 101 companies will be deployed as part of quick reaction teams and a small portion will be kept in reserve.These CAPF companies will be assisted by 29,468 personnel of the state police forces.
The prominent candidates whose fate will be decided include former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP candidate from Tamluk Abhijit Gangopadhyay, two celebrity candidates from Ghatal namely Deepak Adhikari alias Dev of Trinamoo Congress and Hiran Chatterjee of BJP, actress-turned-politician June Malia. Are included. She is the ruling party candidate from Medinipur and her rival is BJP candidate Agnimitra Paul, a fashion designer.
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Of the 79 candidates whose fate will be decided on Saturday, the highest number of 13 are from Bankura and Jhargram, followed by 12 from Purulia, nine each from Medinipur Kanthi and Tamluk and finally seven each from Ghatal and Bishnupur.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP candidates were elected from five constituencies namely Bankura, Bishnupur, Purulia, Medinipur and Jhargram, while Trinamool Congress was elected from the remaining three constituencies., Tamluk and Ghatal.
This time, the BJP is confident of wresting Kanthi and Tamluk, the family stronghold of leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvenda Adhikari, from the Trinamool Congress, while also retaining the three it won in 2019.
There will be a total of 1,020 companies of CAPFs in West Bengal for the sixth phase, which is 56 per cent more than the figure of 650 companies deployed in the state's seven constituencies in the fifth phase of voting on May 20.
Out of 1,020 companies, 919 companies will be deployed at polling stations. Most of the remaining 101 companies will be deployed as part of quick reaction teams and a small portion will be kept in reserve.These CAPF companies will be assisted by 29,468 personnel of the state police forces.
