In the fourth phase of the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021, over 1.15 crore voters will decide the fate of 373 candidates, including Union Minister Babul Supriyo and West Bengal ministers Partha Chatterjee and Arup Biswas, for 44 seats (10 April, 2021).
1,15,81,022 voters including 58,82,514 men, 56,98,218 women and 290 members of the third gender, will decide the fate of 373 candidates in Saturday’s polling during a total of 44 constituencies cover Howrah (Part II), South 24 Parganas (Part III), Hooghly (Part II) in south Bengal and in north Bengal’s Alipurduar and Cooch Behar.
Electoral fates of key candidates including Union Minister Babul Supriyo, West Bengal ministers Partha Chatterjee, Arup Biswas and former Indian cricketer turned politician Manoj Tiwary also will be decided tomorrow.
Polling are going to be held for nine assembly constituencies in Howrah, 11 in South 24 Parganas, five in Alipurduar, nine in Coochbehar and ten in Hooghly.
In one among the status contests of this phase, Union Minister and BJP leader Babul Supriyo will lock horns with sitting TMC MLA Arup Biswas at Tollygunj– known to be the guts of the Bengali movie industry .
The TMC, which has assiduously courted stars in its climb to power, counts Tollyganj as among its strongholds, having won the seat since 2001. For the last three elections, it’s been won by Biswas, who is additionally the PWD Minister within the Mamata Banerjee government.