West Bengal Assembly Elections 2016
A tear in Mamata's 'invincibility' cloakAfter the electoral tsunami in 2011 assembly polls there was no looking back for Mamata.In these five years, she set new milestones in the panchayat and Lok Sabha polls.Her party graph was on the - Surprise drop in turnout a riddle for parties, pollsters
It's quite strange considering the flood of complaints from the Opposition regarding ghost voting.If the dip indicates anything, it's sealed in ballot boxes but psephologists are intrigued. - Jadavpur University professor's house attacked, another child beaten up
Mamata Banerjee used the twin prongs of sentiment and an oft-repeated reminder about what the future may hold at a public rally in Bhangor on Tuesday to tell voters why they should remain loyal to her The Election Commission on Tuesday transferred five police officials ahead of polling for the fifth phase for West Bengal Assembly on April 30. - Modi can't protect fish, how can he save borders: Sonia Gandhi in Bengal
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his promises of strenghtening the country's borders, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday questioned how he would protect borders when he cannot - This is the face of poll violence
The child's family was targeted apparently because her maternal grandfather is a polling agent for CPM candidate Nirjharini Chakraborty, who is challenging Trinamool heavyweight Mukul Roy's son There was an attempt to loot an EVM from a polling booth at Sandeskhali Rampur Gabati FP school (booth no. 147) in Sandeshkhali, North 24-Parganas around 4.40 pm, allegedly by Trinamool men. - FIR against BJP's Rupa Ganguly for allegedly assaulting Trinamool activist
An FIR was lodged on Monday against BJP leader Rupa Ganguly for allegedly assaulting a woman Trinamool Congress activist and also "obstructing" her from casting her vote at a poll booth in Howrah. - West Bengal poll: 78.05% turnout in phase 4, EC says smooth affair
Barely 24 hours ahead of the fourth phase of the assembly elections, former transport minister Madan Mitra's best efforts to get himself admitted in SSKM Hospital, a 'safe zone' for him, got foiled. The 'outsiders' are members of syndicates from Bhangar in the neighbouring South 24-Parganas, who cross over to North 24-Parganas to manipulate the polls. Howrah/ In this era of social media proliferation, election campaign never seems to end. Monday's election will also not be a clean sweep for the opposition.This phase also marks the end stretch of the Bengal poll season, when things move into purely Trinamool territory. - Subrata's colourful rally misses voters' attention
Subrata Mukherjee, a veteran of many wars, traversed areas close to Park Circus under his Ballygunge assembly constituency for the second time on an election campaign this season. A day before the Parliament session convenes on Monday, CPM chose to step up their attacks against the alleged Trinamool-BJP bonhomie with an eye on the ongoing Bengal polls. - 3 FIRs against Derek over morphed Karat image
The Trinamool, however, chose to ignore the complaints, saying Derek had already apologised for the inadvertent error. Ram Pyare Ram Manages CM's Poll Plans The Section 144 clampdown, barring the assembly of 10 people at a place, came a day too soon for Salt Lake on Sunday. - Bantul creator rues missing `class' in politics
- Transfers may affect poll functioning, fears govt
- Salt Lake's anger is TMC's biggest worry
- Cop model for `clean' polls
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