Summary of Fifth Phase of West Bengal Elections By Deepak Parvatiyar April 30, 2016 - See more at: http://www.elections.in/blog/summary-fifth-phase-west-bengal-elections/#sthash.xooxOplO.dpuf In all, 78.25% of 1,23,97,832 voters turned out for elections for 53 seats in Hooghly, Kolkata(South) and South 24 Pargana districts by 5 pm of the penultimate phase of West Bengal elections on 30 April. Fate of those among 349 candidates, including 43 women, was sealed in the ballot box included that of biggies such as incumbent chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee, who is seeking re-election from Bhabanipur and is pitted against the Congress’s former union minister Deepak Dasmunshi and the BJP’s Chandra Kumar Sarkar who is the grandnephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Vote Percentage Comparison The percentage turnout this time in the three districts was lesser that in 2011 state assembly elections (82.77%) and in 2014 Lok Sabha elections (80.22%
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