Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], In a tragic incident, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Border Security Force, posted at a booth in Birbhum district for election duty, died on Monday after suffering chest pain, officials said. According to BSF officials, the deceased ASI has been identified as Mahendra Singh (55). "ASI Mahendra Singh (55 years), BSF jawan, resident of Uttarakhand Garhwal, posted at STC Sakugada under 195 battalion, was declared dead." Chest pain while on election duty at a booth in Birbhu district. What happened," security forces said. Officials further said the body will be handed over to paramedics after post-mortem. Lok Sabha elections began at 7 am on Monday in 96 parliamentary constituencies across nine states and one union territory. West Bengal Voting is taking place today on eight seats, although TMC is still part of the opposition faction-Bharat, but TMC has decided to contest the elections alone in Bengal and announced candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The state has a seat-sharing arrangement whereby the Left contests 30 seats and the Congress contests the remaining 12 seats. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, TMC won the majority of the elections in 34 seats in the state. The BJP had to be content with only 2 seats, with the CPI(M) and Congress winning 2 and 4 seats respectively, however, in an electoral shock seen by few, the BJP swept the ruling TMC in the 2019 elections. Gave. Winning 18 seats. The ruling party's seats in the state reduced to 22. Congress finished third with only 2 seats, while the Left Front was reduced to just one seat.