West Bengal polls: 21 percent votes cast in first two hours
May 3rd, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANIKolkata, May 3 (ANI): Twenty one per cent polling was recorded in the first two hours of voting in 63 constituencies in Howrah Hooghly, East Midnapore and parts of Burdwan Districts of West Bengal on Tuesday.
“The turnout so far is good. In the first two hours, polling was 21 per cent,” officials said.
The voting, which started at 7 a.m. will continue till 5 p.m.
An electorate of 1.26 crore will decide the fate of 366 candidates, including several Ministers.
Prominent candidates, whose fate would be decided in this phase, include Industry Minister Nirupam Sen and Higher Education Minister Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury, Food Processing Minister Mohanta Chatterjee, Minister of State for Information and Culture Soumendranath Bera, Technical Education Minister Chakradhar Maikap, Agriculture minister Naren Dey and Fire Services Minister Pratim Chatterjee.
Tight security arrangements have been made in all the districts to ensure free, fair and peaceful election.
Altogether 15,711 polling booths have been set up in four districts. Besides one special observer 42 general, nine expenditure and four police observers are constantly monitoring the poll process.
Of the six phased elections in West Bengal, three have been completed on April 18, 23 and 27.
The fifth phase will take place on May 7 and sixth on May 10. (ANI)
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