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Civil disobedience movement led by junior doctors rattled the state government. However, it won’t impact the election outcome significantly for three reasons. The movement refused to let political parties piggyback on them. It’s largely an urban middle class protest which expects the chief minister to deliver on their demands, indicating its aim is not to politically damage the government. Finally, most by-elections are in constituencies which are predominantly rural that were unaffected by the long drawn protest
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Chowdhury, in an interview with The Indian Express, claimed that the Trinamool Congress created fear among the voters by threatening them that if its candidate candidate loses, one of the schemes launched to provide financial assistance to women would be stopped.
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Whether on the 22-yard strip at London's Oval or the far corner of a political field in the industrial town of Bardhaman-Durgapur, one can't help but marvel at Kirti Azad's ability to put heavyweights in their place.
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Mamata Banerjee’s tactic of one foot in INDIA block and the other outside, and her talk of ‘outside’ support to the INDIA block government might have confused the voters, if the results are in keeping with the exit polls projections.
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News18 predicted NDA will win 21-24 Lok Sabha seats out of the 42 seats, while TMC is likely to get 18-21 seats. The seven phase Lok Sabha Election 2024 in West Bengal was held between April 19 - June 1. The official results for these elections will be declared on June 4.
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Over 900 candidates are in the fray in the final phase, which will cover all the constituencies of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh along with key seats in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha elections 2024: Violence, fake videos, abusive advertisements and sting operations were all part of the campaign drama as both TMC and BJP refused to play by the Model Code of Conduct.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Nine Lok Sabha constituencies - Barasat, Basirhat, Diamond Harbour, Dum Dum, Jaynagar, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar and Mathurapur - will go into polls in West Bengal.
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In this Kolkata Dakshin West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024, this constituency is one of the 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. The voting for Kolkata Dakshin will take place on 1 June as part of Phase 7 of the elections. The Election Commission confirmed this final date for voting and the subsequent result announcement on 16th March.
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In the Kolkata Uttar West Bengal Lok Sabha election 2024, the Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency comprises seven assembly constituencies: Chaurangi, Entally, Beleghata, Jorasanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala, and Kashipur Beliaghata.
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in this Jadavpur West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Jadavpur University holds significant influence in left-leaning student politics, making it a pivotal center for ideological discourse. The Left Front has nominated Srijan Bhattacharya, a leader of the Students Federation of India, as its candidate for the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency.
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In this Diamond West Bengal Harbour Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Diamond Harbour comprises seven Assembly seats, namely Falta, Satgachhia, Bishnupur, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiabruz, and Diamond Harbour itself.
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PM Modi said that West Bengal is going to be the "best-performing" state for BJP in 2024.
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With about 38 percent of the area’s population being Muslim, some political analysts see a division in anti-BJP votes, while others contend that the minority community usually votes en masse
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West Bengal 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Here's a look at the key candidates and their constituencies in West Bengal.
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The Jadavpur University is an important centre of Left-leaning student politics, and the Left Front chose Students Federation of India leader Srijan Bhattacharya as the candidate for the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and heir apparent, Abhishek Banerjee is seen as a leader ushering in new ideas and modern methods in the party, polls, and politics
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The TMC has, however, asserted that Tudu's security personnel assaulted a woman who was queuing to vote, which incited anger among villagers who then staged a protest.
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The CEO assured that all EC norms were strictly adhered to during the commissioning process, which was conducted entirely under CCTV coverage and was duly videographed.
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Will the minorities vote en masse for the ruling All India Trinamool Congress – referred as Trinamool Congress, or TMC, or will that mandate be transferred to a “resurgent” CPM?
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BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari, who switched loyalties from the Trinamool, is leading the charge against chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
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The penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections will cover the national capital Delhi and adjoining Haryana besides several key constituencies in states like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha election 2024: Tamluk, Kanthi, Ghatal, Jhargram, Medinipur, Purulia, Bankura and Bishnupur are the eight Lok Sabha constituencies of West Bengal which will go to polls in the sixth phase on May 25.
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For this year’s Medinipur West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Agnimitra Paul, the Asansol Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), for Medinipur, a seat previously held by Dilip Ghosh.
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West Bengal 2024 Lok Sabha Polls: In the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha election for the Bishnupur constituency, several prominent candidates have emerged. Sujata Mondal Khan (ex-wife of Soumitra Khan) is representing the All India Trinamool Congress, while Soumitra Khan is the candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Additionally, Sheetal Kaibhatt and Shital Kebarta are standing for the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
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Babun had expressed his displeasure after TMC renominated sitting MP Prasun Banerjee for the Howrah Lok Sabha seat in March
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West Bengal Lok Sabha elections 2024 phase 5: An argument erupted between BJP candidate from Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat Arjun Singh and a TMC worker in North 24 Parganas
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In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, out of the 8 Lok Sabha constituencies going to polls in Phase 6, five went in favour of the BJP and three to the TMC.
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The poll panel acted on a complaint by the Trinamool Congress against Gangopadhyay for his remarks against Banerjee while addressing a public meeting held on May 15 in Haldia.
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The TMC leaders have also lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, demanding action against Gangopadhyay for his "sexist" remarks. The BJP, however, said that the video is "fake". "
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Today, instead of writers and commentators, it is television hosts and sportspersons who are in the forefront of politics in West Bengal.
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He was reacting to Mamata's statement on Wednesday that TMC will extend support to the opposition INDIA bloc to form the government at the Centre.
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West Bengal 2024 Lok Sabha Polls: In the political realm, Hooghly has witnessed a diverse range of electoral outcomes over the years. In the inaugural Lok Sabha election in 1952, NC Chatterjee of the Hindu Mahasabha emerged victorious, defeating the Congress candidate. The subsequent elections saw a fluctuating pattern of victories, with candidates from the Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), and the Indian National Congress taking turns to represent the constituency.
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Maharashtra 2024 Lok Sabha Polls: With a population of 2,112,447 as per the 2011 census, Howrah boasts a high urbanization rate of 92.96%, with a relatively small rural populace. The demographic fabric encompasses 9.04% Scheduled Castes and 0.3% Scheduled Tribes, amidst a backdrop of dense population concentration and a commendable literacy rate of 83.85%.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha Elections: Seven constituencies, including Arambag, Bangaon, Barrackpore, Hooghly, Howrah, Sreerampur and Uluberia, will vote in the fifth phase of the ongoing elections on May 20.
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West Bengal Lok Sabha elections: In Singur, people want jobs and development, not sit on uncultivable land.
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Reiterating her opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and described it as a “trap”, which will be followed by the National Register of Citizens (NRC).
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When votes are counted on June 4, the Bangaon mandate may perhaps be construed as a political implication of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA)
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PM Modi accused the Congress, Left, and TMC of jeopardising West Bengal's identity, stating that in many regions, the original inhabitants have been marginalized and turned into minorities.
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Birbhum has a strong Muslim presence, but the Trinamool doesn’t want a polarisation on religious lines as that would work to the advantage of the BJP.
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The Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency was established in 2009 and no party has been re-elected since then.
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Baharampur constituency in Murshidabad district has seen only 5 MPs since it was established in 1951
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Four months of being expelled over the alleged “cash for query” case from Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra is seeking re-election from her old seat Krishnanagar.
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Asansol Lok Sabha election: Trinamool candidate Shatrughan Sinha aka ‘Bihari Babu’ faces BJP's ‘son of the soil’ Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia also known as ‘Sardarji’.
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Scheduled for West Bengal Lok Sabha polling 2024 on May 13 in Phase 4, Baharampur has witnessed a political landscape oscillating between the Left and Congress since its inception in 1952, eventually leaning towards the Congress as a stronghold over the past few decades
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In West Bengal Lok Sabha Election 2024, the BJP had first nominated Debashish Dhar, an Indian Police Services (IPS) Officer, from the Birbhum constituency, however, Dhar’s candidature was cancelled last week by the district election office citing technical grounds.
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West Bengal 2024 Lok Sabha Polls: The key contest for this year's Lok Sabha elections, due on May 13 here, is between Trinamool Congress' (TMC) Shatrugan Sinha, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) SS Ahluwalia and Communist Party of India (Marxist)’s (CPI[M]) Jahanara Khan.
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Legal experts say Kolkata Police’s use of Section 149 of CrPC is the first time that law enforcement agencies are using the provision as the users, and not the platform, are in focus
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For the BJP, defeating Mahua is extremely important. She was a strident opponent of the Modi government in Parliament until she was expelled from the Lok Sabha on charges of accepting gifts from an industrialist, Darshan Hiranandani, in return for asking questions on his behalf
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Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district saw widespread protests in February as residents accused TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh and his aides of land grab and sexually harassing local women.
