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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

2014 Lok Sabha Election -West Bengal To Have 5-Phases on April 17, 24, 30, May 07, 12,2014








 The Election Commission of India(ECI)have announced on Wednesday March 05,2014 a 9-phase polling for the 16th Lok Sabha Election scheduled to be held between April 07 -May 12,2014




The Election Commission of India(ECI)have announced a 5-phase polling in the 42 constituencies of WB on-
April 17 (4 seats), 24 (6 seats), 30 (9 seats), May 7 (6 seats), 12 (17 seats)



    



2014 Lok Sabha Election -Key Dates
  • Issue of Notification -
  • Last Date for Filing Nominations -
  • Scrutiny of Nominations-
  • Last Date For Withdrawal of Candidature -
  • Polling Date -April 17,24,30 and May 07 & 12,2014
  • Counting of Votes -May 16,2014

BJP announce candidates list Saturday March 08,2014

West Bengal(17)
Nimu Bhowmick: Raiganj
Susanta Ranjan Pal: Baharampur
KD Biswas: Bangaon (SC)
RK Handa: Barrackpore
Samik Bhattacharya: Basirhat
Chandan Mitra: Hooghly
Madhusudhan Bag: Arambagh (SC)
Badsah Alam: Tamluk
Md Alam: Ghatal
Bikash Mudi: Jhargram (ST)
Prabhakar Tiwari: Medinipur
Dr. Jayanta Mondal: Bishnupur (SC)
Santosh Roy: Bardhaman Purba (SC)
Deboshree Chowdhury: Burdwan, Durgapur
Babul Supriya: Asansol
Kamini Mohan Sarkar: Bolpur (SC)
Joy Banerjee: Birbhum

Phase 5 April 17,2014 -4 Seats
With 121 seats across 12 states voting in fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections, India is witnessing the biggest round of electoral exercise on April 17. With this phase the voting will cross the half-way mark in terms of seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election scheduled  in 9 Phases from April 07 to May 12,2014

Polling is taking place in all 28 seats in Karnataka, followed by Rajasthan (20), Maharashtra (19), Uttar Pradesh and Odisha (11 each), Madhya Pradesh (10), Bihar (7), Jharkhand (6), West Bengal (4), Chhattisgarh (3), Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur (1 each)

So far polling has been held in 111 constituencies in the 4 Phases -April 7,April 9,April 10,April 12 with substantial round of 91 seats went to polls on April 10

The 4 constituencies of West Bengal - Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar

All the four seats are held by AIFB, RSP, CPI(M), BJP. 

In Darjeeling, Football star Baiching Bhutia is contesting on the Trinamool Congress ticket. He is making his electoral debut from the hill station. 

 
Phase 6 April 24,2014 - 6 Seats

West Bengal has 42 Lok Sabha constituencies. The next three phases of polling will be held April 30 (nine seats), May 7 (six seats) and May 12 (17 seats)
 
An electorate of around 83 lakh is eligible to choose representatives from among 78 candidates in 9,755 polling stations

6 Six seats spread over 4 districts - Muslim majority Malda and Murshidabad, besides North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur - are up for grabs in phase two of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal

In the 2009 general election, the Congress had bagged six seats in the state, and five of those constituencies - Raiganj, Malda North, Malda South, Jangipur and Murshidabad - would vote April 24.
The other seat - Balurghat - had gone to the left Front partner Revolutionary Socialist Party(RSP)
In 2009, the Congress and the Trinamool had teamed up, but the alliance ended three years later

With the Congress and the Trinamool now fighting separately, the LF is hoping to cash in on the division of votes between the erstwhile allies.

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