Bengal registers nearly 80% turnout, Assam 72% in first phase polling

West Bengal and Assam on Saturday voted for the first phase of Assembly Elections 2021. 03:45 pm: Mamata accuses PM Modi of violating the model code of conduct over his Bangladesh visit | 02:25 pm: Sisir Adhikari, father of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, casts his vote at a polling booth in West Bengal's Contai 02:21 pm: 45.24% and 54.90% voter turnout recorded till 2 pm, in the first phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal Assembly elections, respectively: Election Commission of India 01:49 pm: Assam Congress President Ripun Bora casts his vote at a polling booth in Gohpur 01:16 pm: 37.06% and 40.73% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm, in the first phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal Assembly elections, respectively: Election Commission of India 12:32 pm: The new system is not acceptable to us. Sudip Bandyopadhyay says, "BJP had submitted a memorandum requesting to change the system of appointing booth agents wherein he must be a voter of the concerned booth and allow anybody at any booth" 12:17 pm: West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh casts his vote at a polling booth in Jhargram 12:11 pm: Voting underway in West Bengal's Purulia 11:54 am: BJP candidate from West Midnapore Samit alleges Trinamool Congress is creating disturbances in the rural areas of the district as voting in the first phase of Assembly polls is underway. Such discrepancy raises the question on genuineness of data issued by EC," he states 11:28 am: 24.48 and 24.61% voter turnout recorded till 11 am, in the first phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal Assembly elections, respectively: Election Commission of India 11:21 am: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal casts his vote a polling centre in Dibrugarh 11:04 am: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi casts his vote at a polling booth in Jorhat 11:01 am: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal offers prayers at Boga Baba Mazaar at Dibrugarh 10:45 am: Kolkata: Bharatiya Janata Party delegation led by party leader Kailash Vijayvargiya to meet CEO West Bengal at 2pm, today 09:34 am: 8.84% and 7.72% voter turnout recorded till 9 am, in the first phase of polling in Assam and West Bengal Assembly elections, respectively: Election Commission of India 09:28 am: Violence reported at a polling booth in West Bengal's Salboni 09:25 am: TMC will win Bengal. EVMs malfunctioning at some locations, it happens in all polls, EC is looking into it: Soumendu Adhikari, BJP leader and brother of Suvendu Adhikari 08:45 am: Voting underway at booth number 67A in Patashpur assembly constituency, East Midnapore 08:24 am: Temperature of voters being checked, arrangement of masks, gloves, and hand sanitiser made at a primary school - designated as a polling booth - in Lahowal Assembly constituency of Dibrugarh 08:18 am: 7-8 TMC workers entered booth to influence the voters: BJP candidate Samit Das 08:12 am: BJP candidate from West Midnapore Samit Das casts his vote 08:07 am: Voters follow physical distancing at polling station set up at Assam's Kamala Bari Junior Basic School, Majuli 08:04 am: PM Modi urges people to vote in 'record numbers'.