Bengal municipal elections: Polling ‘peaceful’ so far, 12.9 pc voter turnout till 9 am

India

oi-Prakash KL

Kolkata,
Feb
12:
Polling
for
elections
to
municipal
companies
of
Bidhannagar,
Asansol,
Siliguri
and
Chandannagar
in
West
Bengal
remained
“extra
or
much less
peaceable”,
and
an
common
voter
turnout
of
12.9
per
cent
was
recorded
until
9
AM
of
Saturday,
an
official
mentioned.

The
voting
for
elections
to
4
civic
our bodies
started
at
7
AM.
“Polling
is
being
held
peacefully.
No
incident
of
violence
has
been
reported.
We
have
taken
a
be aware
of
some
disturbances
from
these
municipal
company
areas
the place
outsiders
had been
discovered
standing
in
voters’ queue,”
the
senior
official
of
the
West
Bengal
State
Election
Fee
mentioned.

A
voter
turnout
of
12.73
per
cent
was
registered
in
Siliguri
in
the
first
two
hours
of
polling,
the
proportion
in
Chandannagar,
Bidhannagar
and
Asansol
had been
11.62,
13.65
and
13.60
respectively,
he
mentioned.

Elaborate
safety
preparations
have
been
made
by
the
police
in
all
the
4
municipal
areas
located
in
completely different
components
of
the
state
for
the
peaceable
conduct
of
the
polls,
he
mentioned.

Outsiders
had been
detected
in
voters’
traces
in
two
wards
of
Bidhangar
and
one
in
Siliguri,
the
official
mentioned.
“Police
detained
BJP
candidates
Subhasish
Das
and
Biswajit
Mondal
in
the
north
Bengal
metropolis
for
their
alleged
involvement
in
creating
issues
outdoors
polling
cubicles,” the
official
of
the
state
election
fee
mentioned.

Altogether,
203
candidates
are
contesting
in
41
wards
in
Bidhannagar,
whereas
200
are
in
the
fray
in
47
seats
of
the
Siliguri
civic
physique,
as
per
the
SEC
web site.
There
are
120
aspirants
for
33
wards
in
Chandannagore
and
in
Asansol
430
candidates
will
contest
in
106
wards.
There
are
120
aspirants
for
33
wards
in
Chandannagar
and
430
candidates
are
contesting
in
106
wards
in
Asansol.

ADVERTISEMENT

The
counting
of
votes
will
be
held
on
February
14.
In
the
2015
elections,
Siliguri
was
gained
by
the
Left
Entrance,
whereas
the
three
different
municipal
companies
had been
secured
by
the
TMC.
Polls
to
these
civic
our bodies,
alongside
with
extra
than
100
others,
had
been
postponed
owing
to
the
Covid-19
pandemic
scenario
and
are
being
ruled
by
directors.
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