Kolkata, April 29 -- St Mary's Church School nuns in Kolkata cast their votes on Wednesday as polling is underway for the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 for 142 constituencies.

The scale of the final phase of the Bengal election is massive, covering nearly half of the state's total assembly seats, 142 (out of 294).

The total electorate is around 3.21 crore (Male: 1,64,35,627 and Female: 1,57,37,418 and Third Gender: 792). 1,448 candidates are in the fray, including 220 women at 41,001 polling stations, with over 8,000 managed entirely by women.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also urged voters in West Bengal to turn out in large numbers as polling for the second phase of the 2026 Assembly elections began across 14...