

Sujata Mondal
AITC
Sakti Mohon Malik
CPI(M)
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Bankim Chandra Santra
BSP

Asit Malik
CPM
Murari Bera
BJP
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West Bengal election latest: West Bengal, long known for high voter participation, recorded an estimated 92.9% turnout in the first phase of Assembly polling on Thursday—its highest since 1951
West Bengal Phase 1 voting today: The first phase covers 152 of the state's 294 seats, including all 54 in north Bengal and several constituencies across Murshidabad, Nadia, Birbhum, and Hooghly
Kharge accused the prime minister of "terrorising" political parties and people by misusing government machinery and central agencies to stifle the opposition
'Whatever you see in Bengal today was built during the Left Front government,' says CPIM's veteran leader Ashok Bhattacharya
Kharge also attacked the AIADMK for aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, which will be held in a single phase on April 23.
PM Modi's visit to a jhalmuri shop in Jhargram during a campaign tour on Sunday drew massive traction online. The video of the visit clocked 100 million views within 24 hours on Instagram and nearly 90 million on Facebook
West Bengal Elections 2026: A total of 152 constituencies will go to the polls in this phase, including the high-profile Nandigram seat. Other key constituencies include Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, and Siliguri
The manifesto features a series of welfare and governance promises.
Bengal Election Results 2024: Axis My India's exit poll placed the BJP, the principal opposition party in Bengal, ahead of the TMC. As per the exit polls, the saffron party is projected to win 26-31 seats - a jump of nearly 10 from 2019.
The highest voting was witnessed in West Bengal (73 per cent) followed by Ladakh (67.15 pwer cent), Jharkhand (63 per cent), Odisha (60.72 per cent), and Uttar Pradesh (57.64 per cent).




