Till 5 PM, Purba Bardhaman district persevered to serve the lead with a whopping turnout of 92.46%, followed by Hooghly (90.34%), Nadia (90.28%), Howrah (89.44%) and North 24 Paraganas. South 24 Paraganas witnessed a turnout of 89.74% and 89.57% respectively.
ANI
Unique Delhi: The final fraction of polling for the high-octane West Bengal assembly elections concluded at 6 PM on Wednesday, with voter turnout hitting excellent numbers at 91.41% earlier than the closing hour.
Till 5 PM, Purba Bardhaman district persevered to serve the lead with a whopping turnout of 92.46%, followed by Hooghly (90.34%), Nadia (90.28%), Howrah (89.44%) and North 24 Paraganas. South 24 Paraganas witnessed a turnout of 89.74% and 89.57% respectively.
The wholesome figures highlight an intense wave of voter participation across each states as polling for the 294-member Legislative Assembly drew to a shut, surroundings the stage for counting scheduled on Might well well 4.
The principle contest in West Bengal in the 2026 Assembly polls is between the incumbent Trinamool Congress searching for to protect its throne for a fourth consecutive term and the resurgent BJP, procuring for a historic victory in the state.
The 2d fraction witnessed somewhat a pair of key political figures casting their votes, together with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Chief of Opposition Suvendhu Adhikari, TMC Overall Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, BJP candidate and mother of the RG Kar Clinical College rape and damage victim, Ratna Debnath, TMC MP Mitali Acquire, West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya, amongst others.
The 2d fraction of polling, along side a large voter surge, moreover witnessed alleged incidents of violence with opposing events levelling accusations of abuse and intimidation on the rival celebration.
West Bengal Chief of Opposition (LoP) and BJP candidate from Bhabanipur and Nandigram, Suvendu Adhikari, alleged that he was surrounded and attempted to be attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in the center of his focus on over with to a polling booth in West Bengal amid the 2026 Assembly elections.
The incident took field when he arrived to search for a polling station, following which a neighborhood of TMC supporters raised slogans of “Jai Bengal” and allegedly surrounded him.
In West Bengal’s Panihati Assembly constituency, BJP candidate Ratna Debnath moreover alleged that she was focused and threatened by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workforce in the center of balloting.
Talking to ANI, Ratna Debnath alleged that she was abused and intimidated, claiming that attempts were made to assault her in the center of her focus on over with to a polling residence.
Meanwhile, BJP and TMC polling brokers reportedly clashed at booth numbers 147 and 148 at the Ramchandrapur Adarsha Bidyabhaban polling station in the Khanakul assembly constituency.
In maintaining with CRPF Sub-Inspector Usha, the balloting in the field has resumed peacefully following the “minor incident”. “It was a minor incident. Right now, voting is taking place in a peaceful manner. CRPF’s all-women 240th Battalion is deployed here,” she said.
A violent clash moreover erupted in the morning shut to the main high college in the Hatra Bazaar residence, located in the Nadia district. The polling booth is determined up at Hatra Bazaar Predominant Faculty, the build tensions reportedly flared between workforce of the All India Trinamool Congress and ISF.
In maintaining with the Chapra police, loads of of us had been arrested in connection with the incident. Congress candidate from Chapra (82), Ashif Khan, alleged that TMC supporters and leaders were intimidating voters across the residence.
Earlier on Monday, TMC MP from Arambagh Mitali Acquire, who cast her vote while sitting on a wheelchair in Hooghly, claimed that her automotive was attacked in the center of campaigning and alleged that the BJP workforce are responsible for the assault.
TMC accused the BJP of attacking Acquire’s convoy when she was on her formula to back Abhishek Banerjee’s rally in Arambagh.
The 2d fraction covered 142 out of 294 seats in West Bengal. The entire electorate is around 3.21 crore, with 1,64,35,627 males, 1,57,37,418 females and 792 transgender voters.1,448 candidates are in the fray, together with 220 females at 41,001 polling stations, with over 8,000 managed entirely by females.
The final fraction of the polling is broadly seen as the ‘litmus take a look at’ for the TMC, as balloting moves into the celebration’s outmoded fortresses in South Bengal and Kolkata.
While 142 seats are up for grabs, all eyes are on the ‘Mountainous 5’ metropolis contests. Other than the high-stakes seat of Bhabanipur, Tollyganj, the coronary heart of the Bengali film substitute, is a high-profile, megastar-studded fight.
Key contests in the 2d fraction integrated Bhabanipur and Tollyganj.
Within the 2021 elections, the TMC dominated this specific belt, winning 123 of these 142 seats. For the BJP, this fraction is ready making inroads into the metropolis “bhadralok” vote and the Matua neighborhood. For the TMC, it’s about maintaining the line to be obvious a fourth consecutive term for Mamata Banerjee.
Political events are deciphering the high turnout in their favour. The first fraction witnessed a document voter turnout of 91.78 per cent. While Trinamool Congress said it goes to salvage no longer lower than 100 of 152 seats that went to the polls in the main fraction, the BJP said it’s confident of winning 110 seats in the main fraction.
The first fraction of polling was held on April 23. The principle combat in West Bengal is being seen between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP.
The results of West Bengal polls will be declared on Might well well 4, along side the consequence of polls in Assam, Keralam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
