New Delhi, April 29 -- Voting is underway across 142 constituencies in the second and final phase today, 29 April. As many as 1,448 candidates are in the fray in today's round of elections in West Bengal.

The voting for 152 seats in the first phase held on 27 April, saw a record 93 per cent voter turnout, the Election Commission of India said.

These 142 seats voting in phase 2 are considered the incumbent Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s core stronghold spread over south Bengal and the Kolkata district.

The election in West Bengal is largely considered a bipolar fight between the incumbent Trinamool Congress(TMC) led by Mamata Banerjee and a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In 2021, the TMC maintained its hold on ...