PTI Singer and BJP candidate Bappi Lahiri beats a drum during his election campaign.
Nearly 44 per cent voters in nine Parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal cast their votes till 11 a.m. in the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls in the state.
“About 44 per cent polling was recorded on an average in the first four hours of polling in nine Lok Sabha constituencies of Howrah, Uluberia, Serampore, Hooghly, Arambagh, Burdwan (East), Burdwan—Durgapur, Bolpur and Birbhum,” state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Sunil Gupta said.
The polling percentage was very good in the first four hours and a large number voters were waiting in queues in most polling stations, he said.
Polling in nine parliamentary constituencies began peacefully in West Bengal in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the state on Wednesday.
The seats where polling is on are Howrah, Hooghly, Serampore, Bolpur, Arambagh, Burdwan East, Burdwan-Durgapur, Birbhum and Uluberia.
The prominent candidates in the fray are BJP’s Bappi Lahiri in Serampore, journalist-turned-politician Chandan Mitra in Hooghly and actor George Baker in Howrah, who carry the party’s hopes to score big for the first time in the state.
Among Trinamool Congress candidates are sitting MPs Satabdi Roy from Birbhum, Kalyan Banerjee from Serampore and Sultan Ahmed from Uluberia besides Prasun Banerjee from Howrah, a former India soccer player.
For the CPI(M), it will be a fight to hold on to four seats — Bolpur, Burdwan East, Burdwan—Durgapur and Arambagh among the nine which it had won the last time.
Congress candidate Abdul Mannan is also in the fray in Serampore.
There are also 13 women contestants in the election in which 1,39,43,063 voters will exercise their franchise.
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