Kolkata: TMC gets relief from voting in ‘bastions’ Kolkata News – Times of India

Kolkata: Timings: 10.30 am; Place: Islamia Library in Ekbalpur; Ward 77; Visuals: Crowd of voters, of whom at least 50 voters are queuing outside, Time: 10.30 am; Venue: KMC Community Hall in Puddapukur; Ward 70; Scene: Four voters in a queue, two inside the hall and two outside
It was a stark contrast to the two wards of Bhawanipur – one that gave a steady lead to the Trinamool Congress and the other where the BJP managed to garner a considerable lead in the subsequent elections in the last two years.

While the last turnout till 5 pm was 53.3% in the entire Bhawanipur constituency (as against 61.7% in the assembly election five months ago), Ward 77 saw an average turnout of 70%, while Ward 70 saw 56% of the total voters turnout. Cast your vote
“Had some of our booths performed better, we could have reached over 75% turnout as in the last election. A booth opposite St Thomas’ School recorded only 49.4% voter turnout. Here many voters have gone to places like Behala and Thakurpukur and many did not come to vote. But some other booths like Haji Mohammad Mohsin Girls High Madrasa saw more than 77% turnout,” said a senior Trinamool leader in Ekbalpur.
With large part of Ekbalpur, mominpur And kidarpur In this, Ward 77, with over 44,000 electors and 21 booths, accounts for 21% of the total electorate in the constituency. In the last assembly elections, the ward had given ticket to the then TMC candidate. Shobhandeb ChattopadhyayA healthy lead of over 21,000 votes. “We had given 78% of the total lead we got from the constituency to our party. We hope to repeat this,” said the ward coordinator Shamima Rehan Khan.
Asim Basu, the coordinator of Ward 70 in Pudapukur at the other end of the constituency, resolved to bring about a change in the figures this time. “In 2019” Lok Sabha TMC was behind by 4,800 votes in the election. In the last assembly elections, this figure came down to 2,078. This time we will give our party a lead of at least 500 votes.
Though the number of votes was low in the morning, it increased later in the day.
transport minister firhad hakimoVoters of Bhawanipur, too, tweeted around 10.30am: “Urging everyone from Bhawanipur today to get out and vote for development, vote for equality.”