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Singur,
Nandigram vote as round four of West Bengal elections begins
Tuesday May 03, 2011 08:47:54 AM,
IANS
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Kolkata:
People queued up in large numbers to vote in the fourth phase of
West Bengal Assembly elections Tuesday for 63 constituencies
spread over three districts.
An electorate of around 1.26 crore is set to choose its
representatives from 366 candidates in the voting covering three
entire districts - Howrah, Hooghly and East Midnapore - and parts
of Burdwan.
A presiding officer in the Arambagh area of Hooghly district was
removed following allegations of partiality, said an election
commission official.
"Voting is on peacefully. There are no reports of any untoward
incidents," said an officer at the state police control room here.
Crucial rural areas like Singur and Nandigram - that saw intense
peasant protests against firmland acquisition in the past five
years - are going to the polls for the fourth phase. Hooghly has
18 seats, Howrah and East Midnapore 16 each.
Voting is being held in 13 of the 25 seats in Burdwan district
Tuesday.
There are 15,711 polling booths out of which about 5,000 have been
declared super sensitive.
In the first three phases, polling has been conducted in 12
districts covering 179 of the state's 294 assembly seats. Among
the star candidates in the fray are state Industries Minister
Nirupam Sen, Agriculture Minister Naren Dey, Higher Education
Minister Sudarshan Roy Chowdhury, Information and Culture Minister
Soumendranath Bera and Fire and Emergency Services Minister Pratim
Chatterjee.
The CPI-M is contesting 46 constituencies, CPI six, Trinamool 59,
Congress four, Forward Bloc seven, and the BJP 63.
Six-phase polls for the 294-member assembly, which started April
18, will end May 10. The counting of votes will take place May 13.
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