Bengal polls phase 5: Polling largely peaceful
Kolkata, April 30: Fifty-three constituencies in West Bengal went to polls on Saturday (April 30) in the fifth and the penultimate phase of this year's Assembly election. These 53 seats are in South 24 Parganas (31), Kolkata (4) and Hooghly (18).
Polling began at 7 am and concluded at 6 pm.
- Assembly Polls 2016 Coverage
- List of 53 seats going to polls in phase 5
- 2011 results in 53 seats going to polls in phase 5
- High-profile candidates of phase 5
- Top contests: Mamata vs Deepa vs Chandra Bose
- Top contest: Debashree Roy vs Kanti Ganguly
- Congress has zero seat in phase 5 seats
West Bengal election Phase 5: In brief
- Total voters: 1.23 crore
- Women voters: 60.04 lakh
- Total candidates: 349
- Women candidates: 43 (CM Mamata Banerjee is one among them)
- Polling stations: 14,565
- Total EVMs: 16.838 [VVPATs - 1,024]
- Max candidates: Kolkata Port, Bhabanipur (11)
- Min candidates: Aarambag, Goghat (3)
- Party-wise candidates: TMC, BJP - 53 each; Left - 37; Congress - 14; BSP - 26; NCP - 1
- Candidates with property worth crores: 43 [TMC has 23 of them]
- Candidates with criminal cases against them: 67
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Central
forces:
680
companies
7.17: Voter turnout till 5pm: 78.25%
Kolkata - 63.10%; South 24 Pgs - 79.69%; Hooghly - 78.98%
7.15 pm: 102 EVMs have been changed during the fifth phase, 90 of them during the mock poll. Two presiding officers have been replaced.
6.00 pm: Polling concludes in fifth phase.
4.50
pm:
Voter
turnout
till
3pm:
72.19%
Kolkata
-
58.05%;
South
24
Pgs
-
73.19%;
Hooghly
-
72.46%
2.42
pm:
Voter
turnout
till
1
pm
57.10%
Kolkata
-
46.35%;
South
24
Pgs
-
58.24%;
Hooghly
-
59.83%
12.30
pm:
Voter
turnout
till
11
am:
38%
Kolkata
-
32.58%;
South
24
Pgs
-
39.81%;
Hooghly
-
36.97%
11.53 am: Kick out CPI(M) agents from booth, says TMC MLA from Satgacchia and deputy spaker of the Assembly Sonali Guha.
Vote freely, vote fearlessly #Kolkata. EC and police are out supporting you. Call 1950 in case of slightest problem https://t.co/b9DoDHSMbV
— Left for Bengal (@leftforbengal) April 30, 2016
10.35
am:
Voter
turnout
till
9
am:
18.59%
Kolkata
-
15.64%;
South
24
Pgs
-
20.04%;
Hooghly
-
20.10%
10.18 am: EC uses drone in Jadavpur constituency in Kolkata.
7.53 am: Phase 5: 2011 results: Total seats 53: TMC 46, Left 6, SUCI 1, Congress 0, BJP 0
Kolkata: Voters after casting their vote for the 5th phase of #WestBengal Assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/srqxxH5xWm
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 30, 2016
Kolkata: A senior citizen casts her vote for the 5th phase of #WestBengal Assembly elections. pic.twitter.com/LN4eVk2SON
— ANI (@ANI_news) April 30, 2016
Requesting all voters voting in the 5th phase of West Bengal polls today to vote in large numbers & be a part of this festival of democracy.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 30, 2016
7.18 am: TMC accused of driving out Left polling agent in Sonarpur South constituency in South 24 Parganas and Khanakul in Hooghly.
7.10 am: People turn up to cast their votes early in the day.
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