The first phase of voting in the assembly elections in the Indian state of West Bengal is going to be held tomorrow, Thursday. The situation in the state is like a ‘war’. Thousands of security personnel from the central paramilitary forces have been deployed in the state around the elections. The National Election Commission is issuing new restrictions every day, which has clearly divided the society and voters of Bengal. There has been polarization in the politics of the state.
In this situation, elections for 152 of the 292 assembly seats in 16 districts, from the hilly regions of North Bengal to the coastal plains of South Bengal, are scheduled to be held tomorrow, Thursday. The second phase of voting will be held for the remaining 142 seats on April 29. The results will be announced on May 4.
The 16 districts of the state where voting will be held in the first phase include Darjeeling and the hilly region adjacent to Darjeeling. These mainly include five districts—Cochin Bihar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong and Darjeeling. The total number of seats in these five districts is 27. These five districts are the weakest areas for the Trinamool Congress. In the last 2021 elections, the Trinamool Congress had won only 5 out of 27 seats in this region.
On the other hand, this region can be called a BJP stronghold because, last time, the BJP won 21 out of 27 seats, while a splinter group of the hill party Gorkha Janmukti Morcha won one seat.
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