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West Bengal heads into verdict time contiguous (May 4, 2026) after implicit a period of frenzied campaigning, arsenic it waits with bated enactment to spot whether the TMC manages to clasp connected to powerfulness oregon the BJP makes a historical breakthrough and claims the State for the archetypal time.
As the EVMs unfastened astatine 8 a.m., the CPI(M) and the Congress volition beryllium watching with adjacent keenness, hoping to reclaim a foothold successful the State’s electoral representation aft 5 years successful the wilderness, pursuing their wipeout successful the 2021 polls.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) connected Saturday (May 2, 2026) appointed 165 further counting observers and 77 constabulary observers for counting of votes polled during West Bengal Assembly predetermination connected May 4. The directions by the Commission presume value arsenic the past fewer days saw the Trinamool Congress leadership, including Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, raising allegations of imaginable irregularities astatine the counting centres.
Also read: An SIR-marred turnout successful West Bengal
This twelvemonth the State saw a turnout of 92.8% successful the archetypal signifier connected April 23, portion the 2nd recorded 91.47 % polling connected April 29 — the highest successful the State since Independence, according to the State’s Chief Electoral Officer. However the SIR exercise, which happened successful a highly arguable mode successful West Bengal, brought down the electorate by astir 11% from 7.66 crore to 6.82 crore.
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