Bengal polls: Scattered clashes, assault on candidates mar phase-I voting; ECI seeks reports

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Security unit deployed arsenic a scuffle breaks retired betwixt TMC workers and Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AUJP) workers during the archetypal signifier of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, successful Murshidabad connected April 23, 2026 | Photo Credit: ANI

Sporadic incidents of unit and assaults connected candidates marred polling successful parts of West Bengal connected Thursday (April 23, 2026) arsenic the archetypal signifier of the Assembly elections progressed crossed 152 constituencies, prompting the Election Commission of India (ECI) to question reports from trouble-hit pockets.

The State recorded a brisk elector turnout of implicit 62.18% till 1 p.m. connected Thursday (April 23, 2026), reflecting a beardown aboriginal participation.

Published - April 23, 2026 02:14 p.m. IST

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