Assembly polls: 89.9% voter turnout in West Bengal till 5 pm, 82.2% in Tamil Nadu

Voting in the Assembly elections ended in Tamil Nadu and a part of West Bengal on Thursday.

In Tamil Nadu, polling was held in all of the state’s 234 seats. In West Bengal, voting was held in 152 of the state’s 294 constituencies.

As of 5 pm, the voter turnout in Tamil Nadu was 82.2%. In West Bengal, the turnout was 89.9%, data from the Election Commission showed.

Voting in the remaining seats in West Bengal will be held on April 29. In both states, the votes will be counted on May 4, along with those in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry where polling was held on April 9.

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During polling on Thursday in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, a scuffle broke out between Trinamool Congress workers and Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir, ANI reported. Trinamool Congress members reportedly shouted slogans of “go back” and accused Kabir of being a BJP agent.

The Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder was visiting the area where a crude bomb was allegedly hurled a day earlier, injuring a woman and triggering panic ahead of voting.

The Election Commission has sought a report from the district magistrate and district election officer on the scuffle, ANI reported.

The Trinamool Congress on Thursday alleged that...

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