New Delhi, April 24 -- West Bengal has registered a record 92 per cent voter turnout in the first phase of the assembly polls held on 23 April.

Voting was held in 152 seats spread across 16 districts of West Bengal amid unprecedented security to decide the electoral fate of 1,478 candidates, including 167 women.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, said the turnout was the state's highest-ever percentage since Independence. "This is the highest-ever percentage in West Bengal since Independence," Kumar said on Thursday evening.

The election for the remaining seats in the 294-member assembly will be held on 29 April. The results will be announced on 4 May.

The contest in West Bengal is considered largely bipolar. The ruling...