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April 18, 2014

Peaceful polling in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Bengal

Peaceful polling in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in Bengal

Lok Sabha elections in four constituencies of North Bengal – Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Darjeeling were held peacefully. The polling started from 7 AM and continued till 6 PM.

 

The Trinamool candidates for the constituencies were:

 

Coochbehar – Renuka Sinha

 

Jalpaiguri – Bijoy Ch Barman

 

Alipurduar – Dasharath Tirkey

 

Darjeeling – Bhaichung Bhutia

 

The polling percentage in the four constituencies till 5 PM were as follows:

 

Coochbehar – 80.7%

 

Jalpaiguri –  80.6%

 

Alipurduar – 79.4%

 

Darjeeling – 75.9%