Cooch Behar witnessed violence in the fourth phase election in West Bengal with the death of five people. In Sitalkuchi, after a first-time voter was shot dead by miscreants, four people were killed just prior to noon, allegedly when the central forces had to open fire after they were attacked.

Voting for the fourth-phase of the West Bengal election is being held today. As per the data released by the Election Commission of India, the voter-turnout in the fourth-phase election touched 16.65% till 11 am.

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At Bandel in Hooghly, the car of BJP candidate from Chinsurah-Locket Chatterjee was attacked by some people at polling booth number 66. A total of 789 companies of CAPF has been deployed by the Election Commission of India. The total number of polling stations for this phase is 15,940. The highest number of 187 companies of the CAPF have been deployed in Cooch-Behar, as the place had witnessed sporadic incidents of violence. Even then the place witnessed violence today resulting in the death of five people.

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The fate of 373 candidates would be decided in this phase by a total of 1,15,81,022 voters. West Bengal ministers Partha Chatterjee & Arup Biswas, Union Minister Babul Supriyo, Locket Chaterjee, and Payel Sarkar are among the prominent candidates who are in the contest in the fourth-phase.

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The turncoat leader from TMC, who is currently in BJP, Rajeeb Banerjee is contesting from Domjur. Election is being held for a total of 44 seats in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar in North Bengal, parts of South 24 Paraganas, Howrah & Hooghly in South Bengal.

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Vote counting for the West Bengal assembly election will be held along with those for Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam, and Puducherry on May 02.