West Bengal Elections 2021 Phase 2 Voting Date, Full Schedule, Candidates List, Constituency Details: West Bengal is gearing up for phase two polling on April 2. In the phase two, 30 assembly seats are up for grab — the identical quantity of seats had gone to polls in initial phase on March 27. These 30 seats are spread in 3 districts, South 24 Parganas, Bankura, and Medinipur. Polling in West Bengal was scheduled in eight phases. With initial phase more than and second phase on April 1, third phase will take location on April 6, phase-IV on April 10, phase-V on April 17, phase-VI on April 22, phase-VII on April 26 and phase-VIII on April 29. The counting of votes will take location on May 2.
Nandigram Assembly Election 2021
For 30 seats in phase two, 171 candidates are in fray with 152 guys and 19 females. Of all the constituencies, Nandigram is set to witness a higher-profile contest amongst sitting chief minister Mamata Banerjee and her former party colleague and now BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. Besides Adhikari and Banerjee, Left front candidate Minakshi Mukherjee is also attempting her luck from Nandigram. The Left has won this seat eight instances, and TMC 3.
Other Key fights
Panskura Paschim: Firoza Bibi (TMC) vs Shintu Senapati (BJP) vs Chittaranjan Das Thakur (CPIM)
Firoza Bibi has won twice from Nandigram on TMC ticket.
Moyana: Sangram Kumar Dolui (TMC) vs Ashoke Dinda (BJP) vs Manik Bhownik
Ashoke Dinda is a former cricketar, now with the BJP.
Importance of South 24 Parganas
Some assembly seats going to polls in phase two are in South 24 Parganas district. Overall, the district has 31 Assembly constituencies and is recognized as a Trinamool stronghold. In 2016, the TMC managed to win 29 of 31 seats in the South 24 Parganas. The BJP did handle to make a dent in the North 24 Parganas in the final parliamentary election held in 2019 bit it failed to score a victory in South 24 Parganas. Here, chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek won the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat for the second time in 2019.
West Bengal Elections 2021: List of constituencies going to polls in Phase-II
SI No, Assembly Constituency No and Name
1 127 – Gosaba (SC)
2. 130 – Patharpratima
3. 131 – Kakdwip
4. 132 – Sagar
5. 203 – Tamluk
6. 204 – Panskura Purba
7. 205 – Panskura Paschim
8. 206 – Moyna
9. 207 – Nandakumar
10. 208 – Mahisadal
11. 209 – Haldia (SC)
12. 210 – Nandigram
13. 211 – Chandipur
14. 224 – Kharagpur Sadar
15. 225 – Narayangarh
16. 226 – Sabang
17. 227 – Pingla
18. 229 – Debra
19. 230 – Daspur
20. 231 – Ghatal (SC)
21. 232 – Chandrakona (SC)
22. 235 – Keshpur (SC)
23. 251 – Taldangra
24. 252 – Bankura
25. 253 – Barjora
26. 254 – Onda
27. 255 – Bishnupur
28. 256 – Katulpur (SC)
29. 257 – Indus (SC)
30. 258 – Sonamukhi (SC)
West Bengal Elections 2021: Documents for identification of voters at polling stations
MNREGA Job Card
Passbooks with photograph issued by Bank/Post Office
Health Insurance Smart Card issued beneath the scheme of Ministry of Labour
Driving License
PAN Card
Smart Card issued by RGI beneath NPR
Indian Passport
Pension document with photograph
Service Identity Cards with photograph issued to workers by
Central/State Govt./PSUs/Public Limited Companies, and
Official identity cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs.
West Bengal Election 2021: Covid-19 Guidelines for protected election
Every individual shall put on face mask in the course of each election associated activity.
At the entry of hall/ space/ premises utilized for election purposes: Thermal Scanning of all persons shall be carried out Sanitizer shall be created accessible at all areas.
Social distancing shall be maintained as per the extant Covid-19 recommendations of the State Govt. and Ministry of Home Affairs.
As far as practicable, huge halls really should be identified and utilized to make sure social distancing norms.
Adequate quantity of automobiles shall be mobilized for movement of polling personnel, safety personnel to make sure compliance of Covid-19 recommendations.
This time, the Bharatiya Janata Party is contesting on 293 seats when it has left one seat for its alliance companion All Jharkhand Students Union headed by Ashutosh Mahto. Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is contesting on 290 seats and has provided 3 seats to Bimal Gurung’s Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which has presence in hilly regions of North Bengal. Left-led Third Front is fighting on 137 seats when the Congress is contesting on 91 and Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front on 28.