Six killed during West Bengal panchayat polls, 26.28 percent voter turnout till 11 am

Polling for electing 38,616 representatives across three tiers to West Bengal Panchayat (rural) bodies began at 7 a.m. on Monday.

Long queues were seen outside several booths as people from all social and economic backgrounds patiently waited for their turn to exercise their democratic right. Till 11 am 26.28% voter turnout was reported.

Violence was reported from various parts of West Bengal, as the polling for the single phase panchayat elections is underway today. Six people were killed and in Alipurduar five journalists are seriously injured

As the nomination process started last month, all the opposition parties accused the Trinamool of indulging in strongarm tactics to prevent them from filing nominations.

As per reports,  a student was student shot dead at Shantipur in Nadia when he went for booth capture for ruling party. CPM worker killed in the bombing in Amdanga of North 24 Parganas and a TMC worker killed in Kultali of South 24 Parganas at the polling booth.

A BJP worker killed in Beldanga in Murshidabad in the bombing and a husband & wife burn death in Kakdwip in South 24 Parganas

Statistics reveal that of the total 58,692 seats in the three tiers of rural local bodies, 20,076 seats or 34.2 per cent have already been decided uncontested, with the Trinamool bagging a whopping proportion of these seats.

These seats include 16,814 of the total 48,650 panchayats, 3,059 of the total 9,217 panchayat samitis and 203 of the total 825 zila parishads.

Armed forces have also arrived from Assam, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh to strengthen security arrangements.

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