Polling proceeded peacefully and steadily in the first phase of the West Bengal elections on Monday with 32 percent turnout recorded till noon in the 54 constituencies spread across six northern districts, officials said.
However, there was a vote boycott in six polling booths of Malda district and two others in South Dinajpur district on local issues, said Joint Chief Electoral Officer Dibyendu Sarkar.
Text: IANS
Image: An elderly woman being taken to a polling booth during the first phase of assembly elections in Siliguri, West Bengal, on Monday, April 18, 2011. (Photographs copyright PTI)
However, there was a vote boycott in six polling booths of Malda district and two others in South Dinajpur district on local issues, said Joint Chief Electoral Officer Dibyendu Sarkar.
Text: IANS
Image: An elderly woman being taken to a polling booth during the first phase of assembly elections in Siliguri, West Bengal, on Monday, April 18, 2011. (Photographs copyright PTI)
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