Polling peaceful in Bongaon Lok Sabha by-poll

Posted on 13th Feb 2015 05:09 pm by mohit kumar

Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Peaceful polling is underway Friday in by-election for the Bongaon Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal.

"The polling percentage was 34.70 at Bongaon till 12 noon," an Election Commission official said here.

The by-poll, necessitated by the death of Trinamool MP Kapil Krishna Thakur, is being held in the shadow of the CBI inquiry into the multi-billion rupee Saradha ponzi scam.

Several Trinamool leaders, including Transport Minister Madan Mitra, are under arrest, while a number of his party colleagues have been quizzed with regard to the scandal, said to be the biggest in the state.

Adding to the significance, the deceased MP's brother Manjul Krishna Thakur quit Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's cabinet and joined the BJP ahead of the polls.

The Trinamool has fielded Kapil Krishna's widow Mamatabala, while Manjul Krishna's son Subrata is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.

Former state minister Debesh Das is the Communist Party of the India (Marxist) nominee. Congress' Kuntal Mondal is also in fray.

A total of 15,65,447 people, including 7,55,822 females and 11 others, are eligible to cast their votes at 1,863 polling stations. The total number of candidates is 11, two of them women.

Simultaneous by-polls are being held for the Krishnaganj assembly seat where 37.62 percent voters expressed their choice till noon. The seat in Nadia district fell vacant due to the death of Trinamool lawmaker Sushil Biswas.

Among the five candidates are Trinamool's Satyajit Biswas, Apurba Biswas of the CPI-M and BJP's Manabendra Roy. The Congress ticket has gone to Nityagopal Mondal.

The strength of the electorate is 2,44,988, including 1,16,441 females and one others. There are 288 polling stations.

Both Bongaon and Krishnaganj are reserved for scheduled caste candidates.

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