The Hitavada
CHIEF Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday said the voter turnout of 91.78 per cent so far in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls was the State’s highest-ever percentage since Independence. Polling in 16 districts began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security to decide the electoral fate of 1,478 candidates, including 167 women, in 152 of the 294 Assembly seats.
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CHIEF Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Thursday said the voter turnout of 91.78 per cent so far in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls was the State’s highest-ever percentage since Independence. Polling in 16 districts began at 7 am on Thursday amid tight security to decide the electoral fate of 1,478 candidates, including 167 women, in 152 of the 294 Assembly seats.
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