West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Highlights: 92 per cent voter turnout recorded, results to be out on May 4
The final round shifts the battle decisively to the TMC's home turf - Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas, Nadia, Hooghly and Purba Bardhaman.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Highlights (AI Image)
Here are some of the key details:
- Over 3.22 crore total voters, 3.21 crore are general electors and nearly 40,000 are service voters.
- There are 1.64 crore male electors and 1.57 crore female electors and 792 have been identified as third gender.
- Over 4.12 lakh voters are in the 18-19 age bracket and over 3,200 voters are 100 years and above.
- There are over 57,000 voters with disabilities (PWD).
- The Election Commission has set up 41,001 polling stations for smooth conduct of elections.
- These include 39,301 main stations and 1700 auxiliary stations.
- There are 8,845 all-women managed stations, 13 PWD-managed stations, and 258 "model" polling stations.
- There will be webcasting from all 41,001 polling stations.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 LIVE: A massive voter turnout of 92 per cent was recorded, which stands as the highest since independence.
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West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: West Bengal recorded a voter turnout of 78.68% till 3 pm on Wednesday amid the ongoing second phase of polling for the assembly elections. Here is the district-wise voter turnout in Bengal so far: Hooghly | 80.77% Howrah | 77.73% Kolkata North | 78.00% Kolkata South | 75.38% Nadia | 79.79% North 24 Parganas | 77.39% Purba Bardhaman | 83.11% South 24 Parganas | 76.75%
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: West Bengal minister and TMC candidate from Kolkata Port Assembly constituency, Firhad Hakim, cast his vote along with his family at booth number 258 at Chetla Girls' High School in Kolkata.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: The BJP symbol on the EVM at one of the booths in Panihati was allegedly covered in ink, making it illegible. After objections, the ink was removed using sanitiser, reported ANI.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: TMC supporters surrounded Suvendu Adhikari and raised slogans of "Jai Bengal"
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: BJP’s Panihati candidate Ratna Debnath, also the mother of RG Kar rape-murder victim, cast her vote in Sodepur in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and said women’s safety is her top priority. She exuded confidence that people would vote for a regime change and free West Bengal from “the misrule of TMC”.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: Election commission responds in Falta assembly incident. If reports of taping if any button in BU comes in that should be verified and noted. If true, those booths will go for repoll.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: In Bhabanipur, which is seeing a massive BJP vs Trinamool fight between Suvendu Adhikari and Mamata Banerjee, 37.2 percent voter turnout was recorded till 11 am.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: Nearly 40 percent voters turnout recorded till 11 AM.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: TMC Bhabanipur candidate & Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visits different locations, including party offices in her constituency, as voting continues in the final phase of West Bengal elections
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: Union MoS and Bangaon Lok Sabha MP Shantanu Thakur casts his vote at booth number 43 in Thakurnagar, North 24 Parganas.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: West Bengal: Claiming an attack on his car by TMC workers, BJP candidate from the Basanti assembly constituency, Bikash Sardar, says, "Gundagiri by TMC is happening everywhere in the constituency. 200-250 TMC goons attacked my car with rods and bamboo sticks. They also attacked my driver."
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: Trinamool Congress MP Derek O Brien on Wednesday threw a challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking he would “dare” to resign if the Mamata Banerjee-led government is elected again in Bengal.
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: "The arrangements are always done well inside the booths but outside arrangements are not always good. However, this year arrangements both inside and outside is good. This is the victory of democracy. The people of West Bengal are witnessing this kind of election after 50 years," BJP state chief Samik Bhattacharya said
West Bengal Assembly Election 2026 Live: Till 9 am, Purba Bardhaman district recorded the highest turnout at 20.86 per cent, followed by Hooghly at 20.16 per cent, he said. Nadia recorded 18.5 per cent turnout, followed by North 24 Parganas (17.81 per cent), Kolkata Uttar (17.28 per cent), South 24 Parganas (17.25 per cent), and Kolkata Dakshin (16.81 per cent), he elaborated. "Polling is underway peacefully, barring some minor incidents in certain areas. We have sought reports from the officials concerned," Official told PTI.
West Bengal Assembly Elections 20226 Live: Bengal records 18.39% turnout in first two hours of votin A total of 18.39 per cent of 3.21 crore voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling for 142 constituencies in the second and final phase of West Bengal assembly elections, a senior EC official said.
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