The parliamentary elections in West Bengal took place between March 27 and April 29 in eight phases. The votes are to be counted on Sunday. A party or coalition must win 148 or more seats in the 294-member assembly to form the next government in the state.
The election results of the West Bengal Assembly will be announced on Sunday. (Photo: file)
West Bengal went to the Congregation polls in eight phases from March 27th to April 29th. Approximately 82 percent of the 7.32 million voters polled in the West Bengal Assembly elections to vote for 292 MLAs. The voting in two constituencies was postponed due to the death of the participants. A party or coalition must win 148 or more seats in the 294-member West Bengal Assembly to form the next government in the state.
- Of the eight phases, West Bengal had the maximum number of seats in the fifth phase, when 45 constituencies went to vote, followed by 44 in phase 4, 43 in phase 3, 35 in phase 8, 34 in phase 7 and 31 in phase 3. In each of the first two phases, 30 constituencies were surveyed.
- In the second phase of the elections to the West Bengal Assembly, the highest percentage of votes was recorded at over 86 percent, followed by 84.63 in the first and 84.61 in the third phase.
- The seventh and eighth phase In the elections to the West Bengal Assembly, the turnout was lowest at around 77 percent and over 78 percent, respectively, as at that time the daily cases of Covid-19 had grown exponentially across India and also in Bengal. These were also the phases in which Top politicians have canceled physical rallies.
- In the elections for the West Bengal Assembly there was a fierce election campaign between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata party, which turned out to be their main rival. TMC Chair Mamata Banerjee sees her third term in a row as Prime Minister of West Bengal.
- The BJP, on the other hand, senses that it has a chance to come to power in West Bengal, the home state of one of its greatest ideologues, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. Top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and Party President JP Nadda, made several trips to West Bengal to hold elections.
- Congress and the Left Front contested the elections for the West Bengal assembly in the alliance. That connection appeared to limit their campaigning as the two parties were rivals in Kerala, one of the five gatherings that ran from March to April. The top chairman of Congress Rahul Gandhi did not visit West Bengal for most of the elections and when he left his campaign was inherently limited.
- The congressional left had another partner, the Indian Secular Front (ISF) of an Islamic clergyman Abbas Siddiqui, who as influential Muslim preacher in the West Bengal assembly elections. He was in the spotlight. However, many felt that Abbas Siddiqui was not an effective player in the elections. Mamata Banerjee struck in Siddiqui. At one point she called him a BJP prop-up.
- Issues that dominated the West Bengal election campaign included immigration, citizenship laws, Cyclone Amphan, Covid-19 management and religious polarization. All prominent parties promised job creation, infrastructure development and efficient public service delivery. However, these issues were not the subject of the parties’ election campaign.
- The electoral commission has entered into a three-stage security agreement in all 108 counting centers that house electronic voting devices (EVMs) and paper audit trails that can be checked by voters (VVPAT) in West Bengal.
- Votes are counted in the counting centers in full compliance with Covid-19 safety protocol – use of mask, disinfectant and social distancing. All EVMs and VVPATs are purged before the vote count begins. At least 15 rounds of disinfection will take place during the counting of votes. Participants and their polling stations are only allowed to enter a counting center after they have submitted a Covid-19 negative test report or a certificate of full vaccination (two doses).
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