Thursday, West Bengal Assembly election 2016 third phase of polling has begun for 62 seats, including seven in the capital city will go on poll in the third phase of West Bengal Assembly polls.
The election of third phase polling for 62 seats includes the election area across Murshidabad, Nadia, Burdwan districts and north Kolkata, over 1.37 crore (1,37,42,000) voters are eligible to choose their legislators. A tight security ring of one lakh security personnel, including 75,000 central paramilitary forces, has been deployed in election-bound areas.
Total 418 candidates are fighting for 62 seats in the third phase of election. All 22 constituencies are going to the hustings in Murshidabad, regarded as a bastion of the Congress, and particularly of its dashing state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Besides, the entire lot of 17 constituencies in Nadia will also be up for grabs. Seven seats in north Kolkata and 16 in Burdwan complete the list. Murshidabad is a crucial test for the newly formed Congress-Left Front alliance, with the partners locked in a fight among themselves in 10 of the 22 constituencies.