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Article: West Bengal: Fifth phase records 70 per cent polling.
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- PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.
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- May 8, 2006
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West Bengal: Fifth phase records 70 per cent polling
Kolkata, May 8 (PTI) A total of 70 per cent of the 81.76 lakh electorate today voted peacefully in 49 assembly seats spread over six districts in the fifth and last phase of the West Bengal assembly elections.
Darjeeling district recorded 75 per cent polling, Coochbehar 70 per cent, Malda 70 per cent, Jalpaiguri 74 per cent, Utar Dinajpur 63 per cent and Dakshin Dinajpur 68 per cent, according to election department sources.
The phase would decide the fates of the 306 candidates, including seven Left Front ministers -- Asoke Bhattacharya, Jogesh Barman, Biswanath Choudhury, Sailen Sarkar, ...