Asansol, May 4 -- As West Bengal gears up for a vote count following a high octane two phase election campaign, Bharatiya Janata Party's Asansol Dakshin candidate Agnimitra Paul on Monday said that the people of the state have called for a 'tsunami' by registering a historic voter turnout.

West Bengal witnessed a historic 92.9 per cent voter turnout, with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) cleaning up the voter list in the state. Across two phases of polling, multiple constituencies have registered a high turnout above 90 per cent.

Paul, being one of the candidates, has also gone to the counting centre ahead of the vote count.

"Tsunami will come today, not just a wave. The people of Bengal have called for a tsunami by voting over 92 ...