Bhawanipur Vidhan Sabha By-Election 2021 Voting Live Updates: Voting started at 7 am on Thursday for the bypoll to Bhawanipur seat, the place West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is contesting, and in two different constituencies amid tight safety and stringent COVID-19 measures.
The Election Commission on Thursday determined to usher in 20 extra corporations of Central Armed Police personnel to make sure tight safety and peaceable polling in Bhawanipur.
This constituency, which has elected Mamata twice and is taken into account her dwelling, will pit the Trinamool Congress supremo towards two younger faces – BJP’s Priyanka Tibrewal and Shreejib Biswas of CPM. However, voting assumes particular significance this time because the chief minister is preventing to retain her chair, whereas the BJP is eyeing Nandigram, the place the Trinamool chief contested and misplaced to Suvendu Adhikari within the meeting polls held earlier this 12 months. .
By-elections are being held for Bhawanipur in South Kolkata and Jangipur and Samserganj seats in Murshidabad district. A complete of 6,97,164 voters are eligible to train their franchise within the three constituencies. Counting of votes will happen on October 3.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
