WB Election 2021 Voting HIGHLIGHTS: 79% Voter Turnout Recorded Till 5 PM In Phase 6 Polling
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 Phase 6 Polling HIGHLIGHTS: In this phase, elections are being conducted in nine constituencies each in North Dinajpur and Nadia districts, 17 in North 24 Parganas and eight in East Bardhaman where 10,409,948 electorates will decide the fate of 306 candidates among which 27 candidates are female.
Background
West Bengal Assembly Election 2021 Phase 6 Polling HIGHLIGHTS: The polling began at 7 am and will conclude at 6 pm amid tight security arrangements and Covid-19 guidelines put in place by the Election Commission. 43 constituencies will go to the polls on Thursday with 306 candidates in the fray in this phase. Over one crore voters in West Bengal will decide the political fate of the candidates.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted ahead of polling saying, “The people of West Bengal are voting to elect a new assembly. On the sixth phase today, urging those whose seats are polling to exercise their franchise.
The fate of several heavyweight candidates will be decided in this phase -- three ministers, three film star, several TMC turncoat and Mukul Roy, the first Trinamool leader to join the BJP.
The 6th phase of Bengal elections are being conducted under the dark clouds of Covid 19 as in a first, Bengal has crossed the 10,000-mark, logging 10,748 fresh cases.
Concerns about Covid have not put a stop to campaigning. Union minister Amit Shah will attend three poll meetings today, Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has four road shows and the BJP's Suvendu Adhikari is holding three roadshows in Kolkata, which has been hit worst by the pandemic.
West Bengal Phase 6 Live: 79% turnout till 5 pm
As per the latest updates, 79.09% voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in the sixth phase of the West Bengal election today.
West Bengal Phase 6 Live: 72.08% turnout till 5 pm
According to the data on the Voter Turnout app, the polling percentage was as follows in the four districts which have undergone polls in the sixth phase of West Bengal Assembly election:
Nadia: 74%
North 24 Parganas: 70.57%
Purba Bardhaman: 76.36%
Uttar Dinajpur: 72.10%
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