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First phase election: Polling 45 pc in Bengal, 40 pc in Assam till noon
Kolkata/Guwahati, Apr 4 (IBNS) Brisk polling is underway in West Bengal and Assam where voting for the first phase of Assembly polls is going on Monday.
According to statistics given by the Election Commission, West Bengal and Assam recorded respectively about 46 and 40 per cent polling tillnoon.
In West Bengal, polling is being held in 18 of the state's 294 constituencies where a total of 40,09,171 electors are expected to exercise franchise to decide the fates of 133 candidates. Polling in Assam is being held for 65 of the total 126 seats involving 539 aspirants and 95,11,732 voters
In the Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faces a challenge from from Left-Congress combine while in Assam Tarun Gogoi of Congress strives to retain power in the face of a stiff fight of the BJP, leading an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People's Front (BPF).
In West Bengal, the first phase of polling is taking place in state's Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-hit areas which include West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia.
In the Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faces a challenge from from Left-Congress combine while in Assam Tarun Gogoi of Congress strives to retain power in the face of a stiff fight of the BJP, leading an alliance with the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People's Front (BPF).
In West Bengal, the first phase of polling is taking place in state's Left Wing Extremism (LWE)-hit areas which include West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia.
Assam Chief minister Tarun Gogoi, who cast his vote in the morning, told reporters that he is forming government for the last 15 years and is confident of a repeat. Gogoi said that though many are predicting otherwise, he and his party are both very confident of a positive result.
Apart fro Gogoi, the other prominent Congress candidates in the fray in Assam are Speaker of the outgoing assembly Pranab Gogoi from Sibsagar and former Union Minister and prominent tea tribe leader Paban Singh Ghatowar.
Apart fro Gogoi, the other prominent Congress candidates in the fray in Assam are Speaker of the outgoing assembly Pranab Gogoi from Sibsagar and former Union Minister and prominent tea tribe leader Paban Singh Ghatowar.
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