West Bengal (WB) Assembly Election 2021 Phase 8 Voting, Full Schedule, Constituency Details: The eighth and final phase of polling in West Bengal will be held tomorrow. As the Election Commission had improved the silence period to 72 hours. Campaigning for the eighth and final phase of polling has ended on Monday. Both the BJP and the TMC held virtual rallies to woo the voters. West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, her nephew and party MP Abhishek Banerjee held virtual campaigns just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi did from New Delhi. BJP president J P Nadda, its West Bengal head Dilip Ghosh, Bollywood superstar Mithun Chakraborty and other star campaigners like Smriti Irani held tiny rallies to campaign for the party’s candidates contesting in the eighth phase of polling.
West Bengal Phase 8 Election 2021 Voters Demography, Polling Time, Schedule: The Election Commission stated that a total of 84,77,728 voters — 43,55,835 male, 41,21,735 females and 158 of the third gender are eligible to vote in the eighth phase polls. The polling will be held involving 7 am to 6.30 pm in 11,860 polling booths.
West Bengal Phase 8 Election 2021 Key Candidates and Constituency: There are 283 candidates across 35 constituencies – six constituencies of Malda, 11 in Murshidabad, seven in Kolkata North and 11 in Birbhum. While 11 candidates every have been fielded by TMC, BSP and BJP, the CPI(M) is contesting on 4 seats, Congress in 3, AIFB in 2 and RSP (1). There are 4 Independent candidates in the fray as properly. The concentrate will be on 5 assembly constituencies in Kolkata north – Beleghata, Jorsanko, Shyampukur, Maniktala, Kashipur-Belgachia. In Shyampukur seat, state minister for Women and Child Development and Social Welfare Shashi Panja is contesting against BJP’s Sandipan Biswas and AIFB’s Jiban Prakash Saha. In Beleghata, TMC has fielded Paresh Paul against BJP’s Kashinath Biswas and CPI-M’s Rajib Biswas. In Jorasnko, BJP has named Meena Devi Purohit against TMC’s Vivek Gupta and Congress’ Ajmal Khan. The TMC has named Atin Ghosh in Kashipur-Belgachia against BJP candidate Sibaji Sinha Roy and CPI(M)’s Pratip Dasgupta. A close contest is also anticipated in the Maniktala assembly seat exactly where state Consumer Affairs Minister TMC veteran Sadhan Pandey will fight former India footballer and BJP candidate Kalyan Chaubey and CPI(M)’s Rupa Bagchi. A hard fight is becoming anticipated in the Bolpur assembly seat of Birbhum exactly where the BJP has fielded Anirban Ganguly against state minister Chandranath Sinha. A neck and neck contest is also anticipated in Nanoor, Murari and Labhpur.
West Bengal Phase 8 Election 2021 Full List of Constituencies: There are 35 constituencies which will go to polls tomorrow.
Manikchak Maldaha (SC)
English Bazar Mothabari
Sujapur Baisnabnagar
Khargram (SC) Burwan (SC)
Kandi Bharatpur
Rejinagar Beldanga
Baharampur Hariharpara
Nowda Domkal
Jalangi Chowrangee
Entally Beleghata
Jorasanko Shyampukur
Maniktala Kashipur-Belgachhia
Dubrajpur (SC) Suri
Bolpur Nanoor (SC)
Labpur Sainthia (SC)
Mayureswar Rampurhat
Hansan Nalhati
Murarai
In wake of the increasing quantity of COVID-19 situations, the election will be held by adhering to strict COVID-19 protocol. While the temperature of voters will be checked, they will be supplied with gloves and sanitisers at the polling station.