Notification for second phase of West Bengal polls issued
March 30th, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by ANIKolkata, Mar 30 (ANI): The notification for the second phase of West Bengal Assembly polls was issued today.
The second phase election will take place in 50 seats of Murshidabad, Nadia and Birbhum districts on April 23.
The last day of filing nominations is April 6.
The nomination papers will be scrutinized on April 7 while last date of withdrawal is April 9.
Meanwhile, the filing of nominations are on for the first phase of Assembly elections in the state. Altogether, 177 nominations were filed till Tuesday for this phase, which will take place in the 54 seats covering six North Bengal districts on April 18.
The state will have elections in six phases. The first phase of voting will take place on April 18, second phase on April 23, third phase on April 27, fourth phase on May 3, fifth phase on May 7 and sixth phase on May 10.
The total number of assembly constituencies in West Bengal is 294, of which 68 are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and 16 for the Scheduled Tribes.
The Election Commission has said that polling will take place at 51,919 polling stations. (ANI)
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