West Bengal Elections

A paramilitary personnel died after he slipped and fell in the washroom of a polling station in West Bengal, said sources this morning.

First phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election - a 44-day, seven-phase democratic exercise to elect a new government - begins this morning with over 16.63 crore voters heading to 1.87 lakh polling booths set up in 102 seats across 21 states and UTs.

All eyes will be on the Cooch Behar constituency which goes to polls on Friday along with two other seats in north Bengal in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

The BJP filed a complaint on Wednesday with the Election Commission against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she tried to incite voters to violence while addressing a public meeting.

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday evening released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and focused - as other members of the INDIA opposition bloc have - on vowing to repeal changes to the citizenship law if it comes to power.

The BJP on Tuesday alleged that workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress attacked the saffron party candidate during a campaign at Sankrail in West Bengal's Jhargram district.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dared the Income tax officials to check the chopper used by BJP leaders for the election campaign.

A group of unidentified youths "stopped" the West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's car in his Lok Sabha constituency Baharampur and shouted "go back" slogan, he claimed on Saturday.

The BJP on Wednesday announced the nomination of former Union minister SS Ahluwalia from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday saying that the Trinamool Congress supremo does not intend to stop infiltration because the infiltrators who come in are vote bank.

The Congress on Monday called poll strategist Prashant Kishor's latest prediction that the BJP could come "number 1" in West Bengal and make substantial inroads in southern states in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as "ludicrous".

Ahead of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (EC) has decided to rush 100 additional companies of central paramilitary forces to the state.

The Election Commission has decided to install GPS location tracking system in all vehicles that will be used for polling purposes in West Bengal, an official said. A communication in this regard has been sent to the poll workers, he said today.

Ten out of the 37 candidates contesting from the three Lok Sabha seats of Jalpaiguri (SC), Cooch Behar (SC), and Alipurduar (ST) in West Bengal are crorepatis, an analysis of their affidavits said.

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poll mantra for this Lok Sabha election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said "Modi ki guarantee" means all Opposition leaders will be in jail after June 4, when poll results are out

A paramilitary personnel died after he slipped and fell in the washroom of a polling station in West Bengal, said sources this morning.

First phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election - a 44-day, seven-phase democratic exercise to elect a new government - begins this morning with over 16.63 crore voters heading to 1.87 lakh polling booths set up in 102 seats across 21 states and UTs.

All eyes will be on the Cooch Behar constituency which goes to polls on Friday along with two other seats in north Bengal in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

The BJP filed a complaint on Wednesday with the Election Commission against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she tried to incite voters to violence while addressing a public meeting.

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday evening released its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and focused - as other members of the INDIA opposition bloc have - on vowing to repeal changes to the citizenship law if it comes to power.

The BJP on Tuesday alleged that workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress attacked the saffron party candidate during a campaign at Sankrail in West Bengal's Jhargram district.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dared the Income tax officials to check the chopper used by BJP leaders for the election campaign.

A group of unidentified youths "stopped" the West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's car in his Lok Sabha constituency Baharampur and shouted "go back" slogan, he claimed on Saturday.

The BJP on Wednesday announced the nomination of former Union minister SS Ahluwalia from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday saying that the Trinamool Congress supremo does not intend to stop infiltration because the infiltrators who come in are vote bank.

The Congress on Monday called poll strategist Prashant Kishor's latest prediction that the BJP could come "number 1" in West Bengal and make substantial inroads in southern states in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as "ludicrous".

Ahead of the seven-phase Lok Sabha election in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (EC) has decided to rush 100 additional companies of central paramilitary forces to the state.

The Election Commission has decided to install GPS location tracking system in all vehicles that will be used for polling purposes in West Bengal, an official said. A communication in this regard has been sent to the poll workers, he said today.

Ten out of the 37 candidates contesting from the three Lok Sabha seats of Jalpaiguri (SC), Cooch Behar (SC), and Alipurduar (ST) in West Bengal are crorepatis, an analysis of their affidavits said.

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poll mantra for this Lok Sabha election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said "Modi ki guarantee" means all Opposition leaders will be in jail after June 4, when poll results are out