Voting In West Bengal

Accept Money Being Distributed By BJP, Vote For Trinamool: Abhishek Banerjee

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 5, 2021

Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of distributing cash for votes in West Bengal and asked the people to accept the money but exercise their ballot for TMC instead.

Elections 2019 - Observers Overruled On Immediate Bengal Campaign Ban? Poll Body Clarifies

India News | Written by Sanket Upadhyay | Friday May 17, 2019

Election Commission observers had recommended that the campaign for the last round of voting in West Bengal for the ongoing national polls should end immediately following the violence in Kolkata during a rally by BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday but were overruled, sources have told NDTV. The Election Commission, in an official statement however, co...

Mamata Banerjee Responsible For ISIS Threat To Bengal, Says BJP Leader

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Sunday April 28, 2019

Hours ahead of phase four voting in West Bengal, senior BJP leader Kailash Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Sunday that if the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is not removed from power soon, the state would "become like Jammu and Kashmir" in the face of threats from terrorist organisations like ISIS

Watch: Battleground Bengal With Prannoy Roy

India News | Tuesday May 3, 2016

Watch the analysis of assembly elections in West Bengal with Prannoy Roy, Shekhar Gupta and Dorab Sopariwala. Voting in West Bengal is divided in six phases. While the first phase voting took place on April 4 and 11, the other phases will be held on April 17, 21, 25, 30 and May 5. Counting on May 19.

Three-And-A-Half-Year-Old Bears Brunt Of Poll Violence In Bengal

India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta (with inputs from Agencies) | Tuesday April 26, 2016

While most of Howrah and North 24 Parganas was relatively calm during phase four of voting in West Bengal today, one family was not so lucky.

Bengal Registers 79% Polling In Round 3; One Died, Man's Ear Sliced Off

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday April 22, 2016

Violence marked the third phase of the assembly elections in Bengal today as one person was killed in a political clash and the ear of another person was sliced off in the districts. In the evening, BJP minister Babul Supriyo was heckled when he went to cast his vote along with his parents. The fate 418 candidates for 62 seats were sealed today -- ...

Assam, West Bengal See High Voting In Phase 1: 10 Developments

Cheat Sheet | Edited by Raija Susan Panicker | Tuesday April 5, 2016

Assam recorded a turnout of nearly 80 per cent in the first phase of assembly elections today, while a little over 80 per cent voted in West Bengal's 18 constituencies where polling was held.

16,000 New Citizens From Bangladeshi Enclaves Will Vote In West Bengal

Assembly West Bengal | Reported by Jatin Gandhi (with inputs from agencies) | Friday March 4, 2016

Thousands will vote for the first time as Indians in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district on May 5. These voters live in over 50 enclaves India got in exchange from Bangladesh on July 31, 2015 and became Indian citizens the same day, after decades of not being counted on either side.

Only one NRI to cast vote in West Bengal assembly election

Assembly | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 16, 2011

Only one Non-resident Indian has registered his name for the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly polls after the EC's announcement that NRIs would be allowed to vote if they register their names in the voters list.Sujit Dutta, an NRI living in Oman, has registered his name in the voters list and he would be the only person who can exercise his franchi...