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West Bengal election 2021: BJP workers protest in front of EC office in Kolkata over attack on state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh's convoy in Sitalkuchi

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Apr 08, 2021, 12:11:35 IST

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West Bengal election 2021: BJP workers protest in front of EC office in Kolkata over attack on state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh's convoy in Sitalkuchi

The third phase of polling in West Bengal ended on Tuesday with a total voter turnout of 77.68 per cent across 31 seats keeping up the trend of high turnout. However, the third phase also witnessed violence during polling as the ruling Trinamool Congress, the BJP and the Left-Congress alliance put up an intense fight in the high-stakes contest. Five candidates, including two women, were assaulted in poll-related clashes. Stay here for all live updates:

07:11 (IST) Apr 06

Elections are taking place in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. I request the people in these places to vote in record numbers, particularly the young voters: PM Modi

07:07 (IST) Apr 06

Voting for the final phase of polling in Assam and third phase in West Bengal, begins

06:39 (IST) Apr 06

Guwahati: Scores of voters wait in a queue outside polling station 211, 212 A, 212, 213A, 215 and 215 A at the Soil office

06:25 (IST) Apr 06

Even colleagues decry West Bengal BJP chief’s threat

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06:17 (IST) Apr 06

Bengal: EC has decided to deploy 618 companies of central forces for the third phase and has also retained another 89 companies of central forces from the second phase which are already stationed in South 24 Parganas

06:03 (IST) Apr 06

Assam: Voters queue outside Bengali LP & High School in Amingaon

Assam: Voters queue outside Bengali LP & High School in Amingaon, ahead of the third and final phase of Assembly el… https://t.co/959FKYjpjF
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04:54 (IST) Apr 06

BJP leaders campaigning in Assam have claimed that they reached the magic number to form the government in the first two phases and with the voting in the last phase they will form the government with a thumping majority.

04:54 (IST) Apr 06

The BJP’s stakes in Kerala and Tamil Nadu are relatively low but in Assam this phase is in lower Assam and the Bodo areas where the combination of Congress, AIUDF and Bodoland People’s Front is on paper very formidable.

04:52 (IST) Apr 06

Bengal will not be governed by Gujarat, Bengal will be governed by Bengal. We live together, we will remain together. Traitors never win in Bengal: Mamata

04:51 (IST) Apr 06

Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday charged the Indian Secular Front of "taking money from BJP" and "help from Hyderabad" in a replication of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh model to split minority votes in this state.

04:50 (IST) Apr 06

Bengal stands out as an exception on this day with TMC and BJP perceived as the main adversaries

04:50 (IST) Apr 06

In West Bengal TMC’s domination of the 31 seats in this phase in and around Greater Kolkata has been so overwhelming that there is only an upside for the rest and at best a holding operation for the party facing an energised BJP.

04:49 (IST) Apr 06

Left will be hoping to regain some of the votes it lost in Bengal and would be just as anxious to remain in the saddle in Kerala.

04:49 (IST) Apr 06

By the end of the day, the outcome of the assembly polls in all but West Bengal will be sealed in the EVMs.