Kolkata, Oct. 5 -- By-elections to Rejinagar in Murshidabad and Nandigram in Purba Medinipur will be held on Tuesday from 7 am to 6 pm amid heightened security, with 100 per cent webcasting at all polling stations.
Rejinagar has 2,57,657 voters, including 1,35,014 men, 1,22,638 women and five third-gender voters. The constituency has 2,445 voters aged 18-19, 3,231 persons with disabilities and 36 voters aged 100 years or above.
Nandigram has a larger electorate of 2,67,157 voters comprising 1,39,677 men, 1,27,479 women and one third-gender voter. It has 2,016 electors aged 18-19 and 42 voters aged 100-plus.
The contest in Rejinagar features 15 candidates, all men, while Nandigram has nine candidates, including one woman, Hasirani Rath of BJP, while the Mamata TMC's candidate withdrew from the fray. The EC arranged 315 polling stations in Rejinagar and 323 in Nandigram.
Security has been tightened with 71 companies of central forces deployed across the two constituencies as part of a multi-layered arrangement. CM Suvendu Adhikari said that he will go to vote at Nandigram around 11 am. He said that MAITC will lose its security deposit in Rejinagar.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.