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West Bengal Bypolls Set for Tuesday Under Heavy Security
People in two West Bengal constituencies will vote in by-elections on Tuesday.
The elections are happening because the winners of those seats in the earlier Assembly polls chose to keep other seats.
Many security personnel are planned to help protect polling places.
The report says central forces will be at every booth, and every booth will be webcast.
It names hundreds of booths in each constituency as sensitive.
Nandigram has several parties contesting, and one candidate withdrew before the vote.
The article calls the Rejinagar contest six-cornered, but its list names seven parties.
The results are expected on October 9.
The police total in the report does not match the two constituency figures it provides.
Bypolls are scheduled for Nandigram and Rejinagar in West Bengal on Tuesday.
The report says 71 companies of security forces will be deployed: 37 in Nandigram and 34 in Rejinagar.
It reports 15,119 state police personnel, but the constituency figures given—819 and 700—sum to 1,519.
The report identifies 323 sensitive booths in Nandigram and 315 in Rejinagar, with central forces and webcasting at every booth.
Results are due October 9; the report describes a four-party Nandigram contest and calls Rejinagar six-cornered while listing seven parties.
- Who
- Voters in Nandigram and Rejinagar, with candidates from multiple parties.
- What
- By-elections for two West Bengal Assembly seats.
- Where
- Nandigram in East Midnapore district and Rejinagar in Murshidabad district, West Bengal.
- When
- Tuesday; results are scheduled to be announced on October 9.
- Why
- The sitting winners chose to retain other Assembly seats, leaving Nandigram and Rejinagar vacant.
Key facts
- Security companies
- 71 total: 37 in Nandigram and 34 in Rejinagar.
- State police figure reported
- 15,119 personnel overall; the article's constituency figures are 819 for Rejinagar and 700 for Nandigram, totaling 1,519.
- Sensitive booths
- 323 in Nandigram and 315 in Rejinagar.
- Polling arrangements
- The report says central forces will be present at all polling booths and there will be 100% webcasting.
- Results
- Scheduled for October 9.
- Contest descriptions
- The article calls Nandigram four-cornered and Rejinagar six-cornered, although it lists seven parties for Rejinagar.
Quotes
An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer
An unnamed source from the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office
“There will be Central forces personnel in all the polling booths as well as in the quick response team formations. There will also be 100 per cent web-casting in all the polling booths in these two constituencies”
thehansindia.com
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