The BJP and TMC are the 2 essential events who might be combating in these three constituencies. (Photographs: PTI)
West Bengal Election 2024 Part 1 Voting LIVE: PM Modi addressed public conferences in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar whereas TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and celebration chief Abhishek Banerjee additionally held a number of rallies and roadshows in these locations
As the primary section of the Lok Sabha election begins immediately, voting might be happening in three key constituencies of West Bengal, together with Coochbehar, Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri.
The voting course of commences at 7 am throughout the nation.
Alipurduar Constituency
Senior BJP chief Manoj Tigga might be combating Trinamool Congress’s Prakash Chik Baraik right here.. The Left Entrance has nominated Revolutionary Socialist Social gathering chief Mili Oraon as its candidate.
Coochbehar Constituency
Union Minister of State for Dwelling Nisith Pramanik is taking over TMC’s Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia in Cooch Behar (SC) seat, which noticed the loss of life of 4 individuals in firing allegedly by central forces at Sitalkuchi throughout the 2021 meeting elections, that has been made a problem by the TMC within the present ballot marketing campaign additionally.
Jalpaiguri Costituency
Situated in North Bengal, the Jalpaiguri constituency is designated as reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs).
Within the first section of voting, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy, the incumbent MP from the BJP, is combating towards Nirmal Chandra Roy of the TMC and Debraj Barman representing the CPI-M.
The districts like Darjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat will go into polls in its second section on April 26.
Candidate Profiles
The BJP has renominated Jayanta Roy in Jalpaiguri and Pramanik in Cooch Behar however changed final time’s winner John Barla with the celebration’s Madarihat MLA Manoj Tigga.
The TMC has, nevertheless, modified candidates in all three seats, fielding Prakash Chik Baraik in Alipurduar, Nirmal Chandra Roy in Jalpaiguri and Sitai MLA Basunia in Cooch Behar.
2019 West Bengal Lok Sabha Polls
In 2019, the ruling Trinamool bagged 22 seats in comparison with the BJP’s 18, with respective vote percentages of 43.3 and 40.7. Nevertheless in 2021, Mamata Banerjee led the TMC to a landslide victory within the meeting elections, securing a formidable 215 seats.
Regardless of the BJP’s vigorous campaigning, it solely managed to get 77 seats.
The state sends the third-highest variety of representatives to the 543-member Lok Sabha, trailing solely Uttar Pradesh (80) and Maharashtra (48).
LATEST UPDATES
- In Coochbehar, each TMC and BJP claimed assault on their celebration staff . Two incidents have come up the place staff from each the events have been hospitalised.
- The ruling TMC has written a letter to the Election Fee alleging that Nishit Pramanik is utilising his place and storing arms in his celebration workplace .
- A minimum of 112 firms of central forces and 4,500 state police might be deployed in Cooch Behar, which is sort of double in comparison with the forces deployed within the different two districts.
- The ballot panel has determined to deploy 2,454 state police personnel alongside 63 firms of central forces in Alipurduar, officers mentioned.
- There may even be 75 firms of central forces and three,077 state police in Jalpaiguri.
- The longstanding rivalry between Pramanik and TMC’s Dinhata MLA and North Bengal Growth minister Udayan Guha appears to have contributed to the palpable pressure in Cooch Behar over the elections.
- The Border Safety Power (BSF) and Central Reserve Police Power (CRPF) or the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel might be deployed there for the April 19 polls, an EC official has mentioned.
- This is available in view of the loss of life of 4 individuals in a firing allegedly by CISF personnel at a sales space in Sitalkuchi throughout the 2021 meeting polls, following which the Election Fee has determined to not deploy any personnel of that drive there.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed public conferences in Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar whereas TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and the celebration’s quantity two Abhishek Banerjee additionally held a number of rallies and roadshows in these locations.
- All three constituencies had been received by the BJP within the 2019 basic elections. Within the 2021 meeting polls, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar remained BJP’s stronghold with the celebration profitable 5 of seven segments within the first and 6 within the second constituency, however in Jalpaiguri, the TMC had the higher hand, profitable 5 and the saffron celebration managed to win two.
(with company inputs)
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